How To Install bibcursed on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bibcursed

bibcursed is:

Bibcursed is a simple program to make life a little easier when using BibTeX bibliographies. It currently provides these main functions:

• Adding references to your bibliography. This is done with prompts so templates for the different entries (article, proceedings, etc) do not have to be remembered. Error checking is used so that the required fields have to be supplied, and incorrect fields cannot be entered. New entries are inserted into the ‘correct’ place in the BibTeX file
• Clean and easy removal of entries
• Viewing of entries and changing of fields
• Easy searching of entries, including search by field

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bibcursed

Install bibcursed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bibcursed

Install bibcursed 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 bibcursed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bibcursed

How To Uninstall bibcursed on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bibcursed

Uninstall bibcursed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bibcursed

Remove bibcursed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bibcursed

Remove bibcursed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bibcursed

Dependencies

bibcursed have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• bibcursed website

Summary

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