How To Install pcmanx-gtk2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanx-gtk2
on Kali Linux.
What is pcmanx-gtk2
pcmanx-gtk2 is:
PCManX is a newly developed GPL’d version of PCMan, a full-featured famous BBS client. It aimed to be an easy-to-use yet full-featured telnet client facilitating BBS browsing with the ability to process double-byte characters. Some handy functions like tabbed-browsing, auto-login and a built-in ANSI editor enabling colored text editing are also provided.
This version is developed with pure gtk2 and xft, thus has much low dependency.
There are three methods to install pcmanx-gtk2
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 pcmanx-gtk2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pcmanx-gtk2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcmanx-gtk2
Install pcmanx-gtk2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pcmanx-gtk2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcmanx-gtk2
Install pcmanx-gtk2 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 pcmanx-gtk2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcmanx-gtk2
How To Uninstall pcmanx-gtk2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pcmanx-gtk2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcmanx-gtk2
Uninstall pcmanx-gtk2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcmanx-gtk2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcmanx-gtk2
Remove pcmanx-gtk2 Configurations and Data
To remove pcmanx-gtk2
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcmanx-gtk2
Remove pcmanx-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcmanx-gtk2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcmanx-gtk2
Dependencies
pcmanx-gtk2 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libltdl7
- libnotify4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
- libxft2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcmanx-gtk2
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.