How To Install tikzit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tikzit

tikzit is:

TikZiT is a super simple GUI editor for graphs and string diagrams. Its native file format is a subset of PGF/TikZ, which means TikZiT files can be included directly in papers typeset using LaTeX.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tikzit

Install tikzit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tikzit

Install tikzit 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 tikzit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tikzit

How To Uninstall tikzit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tikzit

Uninstall tikzit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tikzit

Remove tikzit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tikzit

Remove tikzit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tikzit

Dependencies

tikzit have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libpoppler-qt5-1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• tex-common

References

• tikzit website

Summary

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