How To Install picon-usenix on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install picon-usenix on Kali Linux.

What is picon-usenix

picon-usenix is:

“picons” is short for “personal icons”. They’re small, constrained images used to represent users and domains on the net, organized into databases so that the appropriate image for a given e-mail address can be found. Besides users and domains, there are picons databases for Usenet newsgroups and weather forecasts. The picons are in either monochrome XBM format or color XPM and GIF formats.

These databases have been compiled in hopes of helping make cyberspace a more personable place. With them, software and services can be developed to identify persons on the net by face (or, at least, by institution logo) instead of by a cryptic e-mail address. Software of this kind is for example xfaces and exmh.

There are three methods to install picon-usenix 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 picon-usenix Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install picon-usenix

Install picon-usenix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install picon-usenix

Install picon-usenix 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 picon-usenix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install picon-usenix

How To Uninstall picon-usenix on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the picon-usenix package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove picon-usenix

Uninstall picon-usenix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove picon-usenix

Remove picon-usenix Configurations and Data

To remove picon-usenix configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge picon-usenix

Remove picon-usenix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge picon-usenix

Dependencies

picon-usenix have the following dependencies:

References

• picon-usenix website

Summary

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