How To Install texi2html on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texi2html on Kali Linux.

What is texi2html

texi2html is:

texi2html is a Perl script that converts Texinfo files to HTML.

The program takes Texinfo files (not info ones) and produces a set of HTML files. The quality of the output is close to the printed output and is much better than an info->HTML gateway.

Compared to the output of `makeinfo –html’, texi2html’s output is more customizable and (subjectively) produces better output by default.

There are three methods to install texi2html 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 texi2html Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install texi2html using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install texi2html

Install texi2html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install texi2html using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install texi2html

Install texi2html 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 texi2html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install texi2html

How To Uninstall texi2html on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the texi2html package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove texi2html

Uninstall texi2html And Its Dependencies

To uninstall texi2html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texi2html

Remove texi2html Configurations and Data

To remove texi2html configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texi2html

Remove texi2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove texi2html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texi2html

Dependencies

texi2html have the following dependencies:

• libtext-unidecode-perl
• perl

References

• texi2html website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texi2html package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.