How To Install wmload on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmload

wmload is:

wmload displays a graphical representation of the kernel/system statistics on a 64x64 miniwindow. There are three shades in the window: the light one, which corresponds to user statistics, second is the nice time statistics, and the darkest one is system statistics.

It works with other window managers, there isn’t anything in the program to make it require Window Maker, except maybe the look.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmload

Install wmload Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmload

Install wmload 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 wmload using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmload

How To Uninstall wmload on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmload

Uninstall wmload And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmload

Remove wmload Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmload

Remove wmload configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmload

Dependencies

wmload have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxpm4

References

• wmload website

Summary

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