How To Install kconfig-frontends-nox on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kconfig-frontends-nox on Kali Linux. kconfig-frontends-nox is NoX standalone implementation of the Linux Kconfig parser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kconfig-frontends-nox on Kali Linux.

What is kconfig-frontends-nox

kconfig-frontends-nox is:

Kconfig-frontends provides the kconfig parser, as well as all the frontends (dialog, ncurses, QT) to configure and generate config files and config headers for various projects. This package release only hold dialog and ncurses versions.

There are three methods to install kconfig-frontends-nox 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 kconfig-frontends-nox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kconfig-frontends-nox

Install kconfig-frontends-nox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kconfig-frontends-nox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kconfig-frontends-nox

Install kconfig-frontends-nox 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 kconfig-frontends-nox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kconfig-frontends-nox

How To Uninstall kconfig-frontends-nox on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kconfig-frontends-nox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kconfig-frontends-nox

Uninstall kconfig-frontends-nox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kconfig-frontends-nox

Remove kconfig-frontends-nox Configurations and Data

To remove kconfig-frontends-nox configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kconfig-frontends-nox

Remove kconfig-frontends-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kconfig-frontends-nox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kconfig-frontends-nox

Dependencies

kconfig-frontends-nox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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