How To Install ansilove on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansilove on Kali Linux. ansilove is ANSI and ASCII art to PNG converter

Introduction

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

What is ansilove

ansilove is:

The following formats are supported:

  • .ANS - ANSi (ANSI escape sequences: ANSI X3.64 standard)
  • .PCB - PCBoard Bulletin Board System (BBS) own file format
  • .BIN - Binary format (raw memory copy of text mode video memory)
  • .ADF - Artworx format, supporting custom character sets and palettes
  • .IDF - iCE Draw format, supporting custom character sets and palettes
  • .TND - TundraDraw format, supporting 24-bit color mode
  • .XB - The eXtended Binary XBin format, supporting custom character sets and palettes

This is capabable of processing:

  • SAUCE records
  • DOS and Amiga fonts (embedded binary dump)
  • iCE colors

Even more:

  • Output files are highly optimized 4-bit PNGs.
  • Optionally generates additional (and proper) Retina @2x PNG.
  • You can use custom options for adjusting output results.
  • Built-in support for rendering Amiga ASCII.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ansilove

Install ansilove Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ansilove

Install ansilove 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 ansilove using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ansilove

How To Uninstall ansilove on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ansilove

Uninstall ansilove And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansilove

Remove ansilove Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ansilove

Remove ansilove configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansilove

Dependencies

ansilove have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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