How To Install taffybar on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install taffybar on Kali Linux. taffybar is desktop bar extensible in Haskell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install taffybar on Kali Linux.

What is `taffybar`

taffybar is:

This bar is based on gtk2hs and provides several widgets (including a few
graphical ones).
It also sports an optional snazzy system tray.

This package comes pre-configured with the default configuration. If you want
to build your custom-configured version, make sure that libghc-taffybar-dev is
installed and put your configuration in ~/.config/taffybar/taffybar.hs

There are three methods to install taffybar on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install taffybar Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install taffybar using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install taffybar

Install taffybar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install taffybar using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install taffybar

Install taffybar Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install taffybar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install taffybar

How To Uninstall taffybar on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the taffybar package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove taffybar

Uninstall taffybar And Its Dependencies

To uninstall taffybar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove taffybar

Remove taffybar Configurations and Data

To remove taffybar configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge taffybar

Remove taffybar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove taffybar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge taffybar

Dependencies

taffybar have the following dependencies:

References

taffybar website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install taffybar package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.