How To Install brewtarget on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is brewtarget

brewtarget is:

Brewtarget is a calculator for brewing beer. It is a Qt-based program which allows you to create recipes from a database of ingredients. It calculates all the important parameters, helps you with mash temperatures, and just makes the process of recipe formulation much easier.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install brewtarget

Install brewtarget Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install brewtarget

Install brewtarget 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 brewtarget using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install brewtarget

How To Uninstall brewtarget on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove brewtarget

Uninstall brewtarget And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brewtarget

Remove brewtarget Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge brewtarget

Remove brewtarget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brewtarget

Dependencies

brewtarget have the following dependencies:

• libqt5multimedia5-plugins
• libqt5sql5-sqlite
• libqt5svg5
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• brewtarget website

Summary

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