How to Install and Uninstall openbox Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "openbox" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install openbox on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                openbox
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "openbox" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall openbox on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                openbox
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openbox package on Kali Linux

Package: openbox
Version: 3.6.1-12
Installed-Size: 1249
Maintainer: Mateusz Łukasik
Architecture: amd64
Provides: x-session-manager, x-window-manager
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.75.3), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libobrender32v5 (>= 3.6.0), libobt2v5 (>= 3.6.0), libsm6, libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.7), libx11-6, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxi6 (>= 2:1.2.99.4), libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2, python3
Recommends: obconf | obconf-qt, scrot
Suggests: fonts-dejavu, libxml2-dev, tint2, openbox-gnome-session (= 3.6.1-12), openbox-kde-session (= 3.6.1-12)
Breaks: openbox-theme-breeze (<< 1.0)
Size: 300168
SHA256: f8d4ecd578af6629bee49d9d76e41adc7ff97e4839a1195ac08da30fa8ae9ae4
SHA1: 25aa50208ad707d274fd7d1684ad8386123ca020
MD5sum: 96a3a9413c885d1347753ffbf92c5403
Description: standards-compliant, fast, light-weight and extensible window manager
Openbox works with your applications, and makes your desktop easier to manage.
This is because the approach to its development was the opposite of what seems
to be the general case for window managers. Openbox was written first to
comply with standards and to work properly. Only when that was in place did
the team turn to the visual interface.
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Openbox is fully functional as a stand-alone working environment, or can be
used as a drop-in replacement for the default window manager in the GNOME or
KDE desktop environments.
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Openbox 3 is a completely new breed of window manager. It is not based upon
any existing code base, although the visual appearance has been based upon
that of Blackbox. Openbox 2 was based on the Blackbox 0.65.0 codebase.
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Some of the things to look for in Openbox are:
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* ICCCM and EWMH compliance!
* Very fast
* Chainable key bindings
* Customizable mouse actions
* Window resistance
* Multi-head Xinerama support!
* Pipe menus
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.openbox.org
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::xlib, x11::window-manager
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openbox/openbox_3.6.1-12_amd64.deb