How To Install yorick-curses on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-curses on Kali Linux. yorick-curses is interface to the (n)curses library for the Yorick language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-curses on Kali Linux.

What is yorick-curses

yorick-curses is:

Yorick-curses enables programs written in Yorick (an interpreted computer language specialized for numerical and scientific problems) to use the (n)curses library, which allows fine control of the cursor and output in a terminal session.

There are three methods to install yorick-curses 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 yorick-curses Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yorick-curses

Install yorick-curses Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yorick-curses

Install yorick-curses 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 yorick-curses using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yorick-curses

How To Uninstall yorick-curses on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yorick-curses package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yorick-curses

Uninstall yorick-curses And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-curses

Remove yorick-curses Configurations and Data

To remove yorick-curses configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-curses

Remove yorick-curses configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-curses

Dependencies

yorick-curses have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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