How To Install birthday on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is birthday

birthday is:

Given a list of the dates of various different events, works out and displays a list of those which will come up in the next couple of weeks. This was originally designed for birthdays, but can equally be used for reminders about yearly events, or for a running diary.

Note that if you want to use vcf2birthday script you will need perl.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install birthday

Install birthday Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install birthday

Install birthday 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 birthday using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install birthday

How To Uninstall birthday on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove birthday

Uninstall birthday And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove birthday

Remove birthday Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge birthday

Remove birthday configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge birthday

Dependencies

birthday have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• birthday website

Summary

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