How To Install colorhug-client on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorhug-client on Kali Linux.
What is colorhug-client
colorhug-client is:
The Hughski ColorHug colorimeter is a low cost open-source hardware sensor used to calibrate screens.
This package includes the client tools which allows the user to upgrade the firmware on the sensor, set the color calibration matrix or to access the sensor.
Please note that this package does not provide calibration, you should install gnome-color-manager or argyll for this purpose.
There are three methods to install colorhug-client 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 colorhug-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install colorhug-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colorhug-clientInstall colorhug-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install colorhug-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colorhug-clientInstall colorhug-client 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install colorhug-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colorhug-clientHow To Uninstall colorhug-client on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the colorhug-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colorhug-clientUninstall colorhug-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colorhug-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colorhug-clientRemove colorhug-client Configurations and Data
To remove colorhug-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colorhug-clientRemove colorhug-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colorhug-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colorhug-clientDependencies
colorhug-client have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libcanberra-gtk3-0
- libcanberra0
- libcolord-gtk1
- libcolord2
- libcolorhug2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgusb2
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libusb-1.0-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colorhug-client package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.