How To Install wmcdplay on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmcdplay

wmcdplay is:

There’s nothing in the program that makes it require WindowMaker, except maybe the look. It’s extremely customizable, provides great control, and runs on a 64x64 window. You can get it too look almost like anything, provided of course you READ the documentation.

There are three methods to install wmcdplay 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 wmcdplay Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmcdplay

Install wmcdplay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmcdplay

Install wmcdplay 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 wmcdplay using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmcdplay

How To Uninstall wmcdplay on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmcdplay

Uninstall wmcdplay And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmcdplay

Remove wmcdplay Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmcdplay

Remove wmcdplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmcdplay

Dependencies

wmcdplay have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• wmcdplay website

Summary

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