How To Install sawfish-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sawfish-data on Kali Linux.

What is sawfish-data

sawfish-data is:

This package contains the architecture independent lisp compiled files and other data, such as theme pixmaps. It is unlikely to be of any use without the sawfish window manager.

The lisp source files are in the sawfish-lisp-source package.

There are three methods to install sawfish-data 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 sawfish-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sawfish-data

Install sawfish-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sawfish-data

Install sawfish-data 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 sawfish-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sawfish-data

How To Uninstall sawfish-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sawfish-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sawfish-data

Uninstall sawfish-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sawfish-data

Remove sawfish-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sawfish-data

Remove sawfish-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sawfish-data

Dependencies

sawfish-data have the following dependencies:

References

• sawfish-data website

Summary

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