How To Install bogl-bterm on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bogl-bterm on Kali Linux.

What is bogl-bterm

bogl-bterm is:

Ben’s Own Graphics Library is a small framebuffer library, including basic widgets, support for text in multiple languages, and mouse handling.

This package contains bterm, a UTF-enabled framebuffer terminal.

There are three methods to install bogl-bterm 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 bogl-bterm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bogl-bterm

Install bogl-bterm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bogl-bterm

Install bogl-bterm 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 bogl-bterm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bogl-bterm

How To Uninstall bogl-bterm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bogl-bterm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bogl-bterm

Uninstall bogl-bterm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bogl-bterm

Remove bogl-bterm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bogl-bterm

Remove bogl-bterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bogl-bterm

Dependencies

bogl-bterm have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• ncurses-term

References

• bogl-bterm website

Summary

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