How To Install impressive-display on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install impressive-display on Kali Linux. impressive-display is Impressive based PDF display

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install impressive-display on Kali Linux.

What is impressive-display

impressive-display is:

Provide an X11 session manager script that launches a minimal window manager and then launches the impressive PDF viewer in fullscreen mode.

In combination with the nodm display manager you can provide an easy-to-setup display screen based on regulary updated PDF files.

The viewed PDF file can be obtained from a given URL in regular intervals. Alternatively (or for testing purposes) you can also display a local static PDF file.

There are three methods to install impressive-display 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 impressive-display Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install impressive-display

Install impressive-display Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install impressive-display

Install impressive-display 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 impressive-display using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install impressive-display

How To Uninstall impressive-display on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the impressive-display package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove impressive-display

Uninstall impressive-display And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove impressive-display

Remove impressive-display Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge impressive-display

Remove impressive-display configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge impressive-display

Dependencies

impressive-display have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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