How To Install opencpn on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencpn on Kali Linux.
What is opencpn
opencpn is:
Chart Plotter and Navigational software program for use underway or as a planning tool. Developed by a team of active sailors using real world conditions for program testing and refinement. By default supports raster and vector formats like BSB and S63. Support for many other formats are available in plugins. Other plugins provides support for e. g., AIS, radar and weather maps. Application has language support in 20+ languages.
This package contains programs, libraries and some support files.
There are three methods to install opencpn 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 opencpn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install opencpn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opencpnInstall opencpn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install opencpn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opencpnInstall opencpn 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install opencpn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opencpnHow To Uninstall opencpn on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the opencpn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opencpnUninstall opencpn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opencpn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencpnRemove opencpn Configurations and Data
To remove opencpn configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opencpnRemove opencpn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opencpn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opencpnDependencies
opencpn have the following dependencies:
- opencpn-data
- bzip2
- libarchive13
- libbz2-1.0
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libelf1
- libgcc-s1
- libgl1
- liblz4-1
- liblzma5
- libportaudio2
- libsqlite3-0
- libstdc++6
- libtinyxml2.6.2v5
- libunarr1
- libwxbase3.0-0v5
- libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5
- libwxsvg3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencpn package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
