How To Install byzanz on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install byzanz on Kali Linux. byzanz is small screencast creator

Introduction

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

What is byzanz

byzanz is:

Byzanz is a desktop recorder and command line tool allowing you to record your current desktop or parts of it to an animated GIF, Ogg Theora, Flash or WebM. This is especially useful for publishing on the web.

Byzanz also allows recording of audio, when the output format supports it.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install byzanz

Install byzanz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install byzanz

Install byzanz 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 byzanz using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install byzanz

How To Uninstall byzanz on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove byzanz

Uninstall byzanz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove byzanz

Remove byzanz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge byzanz

Remove byzanz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge byzanz

Dependencies

byzanz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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