How To Install signify on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install signify
on Kali Linux.
What is signify
signify is:
Signify is a neat little program that allows a random signature to be generated from a set of rules. Each “section” can be one of an unlimited number of possibilities, each with its own weighting so those really cool quotes can appear more often than others. Sections can also be placed next to each other vertically to create columns. Each section can be formatted independently as left/right/center and top/bottom/vcenter.
There are three methods to install signify
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 signify Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install signify
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install signify
Install signify Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install signify
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install signify
Install signify 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 signify
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install signify
How To Uninstall signify on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the signify
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove signify
Uninstall signify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall signify
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove signify
Remove signify Configurations and Data
To remove signify
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge signify
Remove signify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove signify
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge signify
Dependencies
signify have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install signify
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.