How To Install kdiff3-qt on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdiff3-qt
on Kali Linux.
What is kdiff3-qt
kdiff3-qt is:
This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
This version of KDiff3 is not developed anymore, replaced by kdiff3.
There are three methods to install kdiff3-qt
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 kdiff3-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdiff3-qt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdiff3-qt
Install kdiff3-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdiff3-qt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdiff3-qt
Install kdiff3-qt 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 kdiff3-qt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdiff3-qt
How To Uninstall kdiff3-qt on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kdiff3-qt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdiff3-qt
Uninstall kdiff3-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdiff3-qt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdiff3-qt
Remove kdiff3-qt Configurations and Data
To remove kdiff3-qt
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdiff3-qt
Remove kdiff3-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdiff3-qt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdiff3-qt
Dependencies
kdiff3-qt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdiff3-qt
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.