How To Install slang-xfig on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-xfig
on Kali Linux.
What is slang-xfig
slang-xfig is:
SLxfig is a S-Lang module that produces plots, drawings, etc in a variety of formats (.ps, .eps, .png, .jpeg, etc). It accomplishes this via S-Lang scripts that automatically run Xfig’s fig2dev and LaTeX to produce the desired output format.
There are three methods to install slang-xfig
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 slang-xfig Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install slang-xfig
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install slang-xfig
Install slang-xfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install slang-xfig
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install slang-xfig
Install slang-xfig 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 slang-xfig
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install slang-xfig
How To Uninstall slang-xfig on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the slang-xfig
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove slang-xfig
Uninstall slang-xfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall slang-xfig
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove slang-xfig
Remove slang-xfig Configurations and Data
To remove slang-xfig
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge slang-xfig
Remove slang-xfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove slang-xfig
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slang-xfig
Dependencies
slang-xfig have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slang-xfig
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.