How To Install ofxstatement on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ofxstatement on Kali Linux. ofxstatement is tool to convert proprietary bank statement to OFX format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ofxstatement on Kali Linux.

What is ofxstatement

ofxstatement is:

Most internet banking systems are capable of exporting account transactions to some sort of computer readable formats, but few supports standard data formats, like OFX. On the other hand, personal accounting tools, such as GnuCash support standard formats only, and will probably never support proprietary statement formats of online banking systems.

Ofxstatement is a tool to convert proprietary bank statement to OFX format, suitable for importing to GnuCash

There are three methods to install ofxstatement 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 ofxstatement Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ofxstatement

Install ofxstatement Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ofxstatement using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ofxstatement

Install ofxstatement 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 ofxstatement using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ofxstatement

How To Uninstall ofxstatement on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ofxstatement package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ofxstatement

Uninstall ofxstatement And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ofxstatement

Remove ofxstatement Configurations and Data

To remove ofxstatement configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ofxstatement

Remove ofxstatement configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ofxstatement

Dependencies

ofxstatement have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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