How To Install falkon on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install falkon
on Kali Linux.
What is falkon
falkon is:
Falkon is a new and very fast Qt Webengine browser. It aims to be a lightweight web browser available through all major platforms.
Falkon has all standard functions you expect from a web browser. It includes bookmarks, history (both also in sidebar) and tabs. Above that, you can manage RSS feeds with an included RSS reader, block ads with a builtin AdBlock plugin, block Flash content with Click2Flash and edit the local CA Certificates database with an SSL Manager.
There are three methods to install falkon
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 falkon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install falkon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install falkon
Install falkon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install falkon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install falkon
Install falkon 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 falkon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install falkon
How To Uninstall falkon on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the falkon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove falkon
Uninstall falkon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall falkon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove falkon
Remove falkon Configurations and Data
To remove falkon
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge falkon
Remove falkon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove falkon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge falkon
Dependencies
falkon have the following dependencies:
- libqt5sql5-sqlite
- qml-module-qtwebengine
- kio
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5crash5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5purpose-bin
- libkf5purpose5
- libkf5wallet-bin
- libkf5wallet5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5quickwidgets5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5webchannel5
- libqt5webenginecore5
- libqt5webenginewidgets5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5x11extras5
- libssl1.1
- libstdc++6
- libxcb1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install falkon
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.