How To Install xphoon on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xphoon

xphoon is:

xphoon sets the X root window to a picture of the moon in its current phase, including the partial lighting of the dark side by reflected earthlight. Picture is a monochrome dithered bitmap which is calculated via mathematical formulae. It keeps running on background updating the picture accordingly as time goes by.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xphoon

Install xphoon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xphoon

Install xphoon 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 xphoon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xphoon

How To Uninstall xphoon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xphoon

Uninstall xphoon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xphoon

Remove xphoon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xphoon

Remove xphoon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xphoon

Dependencies

xphoon have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxrandr2

References

• xphoon website

Summary

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