How To Install xcolors on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcolors
on Kali Linux.
What is xcolors
xcolors is:
Reads the rgb.txt file that defines the color names the X server knows and displays the colors found.
There are three methods to install xcolors
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 xcolors Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xcolors
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xcolors
Install xcolors Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xcolors
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xcolors
Install xcolors 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 xcolors
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xcolors
How To Uninstall xcolors on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the xcolors
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xcolors
Uninstall xcolors And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xcolors
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xcolors
Remove xcolors Configurations and Data
To remove xcolors
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xcolors
Remove xcolors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xcolors
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xcolors
Dependencies
xcolors have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xcolors
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.