How To Install aosd-cat on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aosd-cat on Kali Linux.

What is aosd-cat

aosd-cat is:

aosd_cat is an advanced on screen display tool based on libaosd. It can be used for OSD-style notifications in shell scripts.

There are three methods to install aosd-cat 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 aosd-cat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aosd-cat

Install aosd-cat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aosd-cat

Install aosd-cat 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 aosd-cat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aosd-cat

How To Uninstall aosd-cat on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aosd-cat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aosd-cat

Uninstall aosd-cat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aosd-cat

Remove aosd-cat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge aosd-cat

Remove aosd-cat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aosd-cat

Dependencies

aosd-cat have the following dependencies:

• libaosd-text2
• libaosd2
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0

References

• aosd-cat website

Summary

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