How To Install colortest-python on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install colortest-python on Kali Linux.

What is colortest-python

colortest-python is:

Most terminals are capable of displaying 16 colors; 8 colors and 2 different brightness values, some (like xterm) can display more, even 256 colors.

The program automatically detects 8, 16, 88, 256 color capabilities (via ncurses) and displays the appropriate color charts. Program can display the colors as blocks or 2d cubes optionally with color values overlaid in int or hex values, it can show the full rgb text string and show the display with a vertical (default) or horizontal orientation.

In addition to the color charts it can also convert between 256 and 88 color values. This can be useful when converting various terminals like between urxvt and xterm-256.

The goal in writing this script was to provide all the functionality of all the various terminal color displaying scripts found around the web in one place with some additional bells and whistles.

There are three methods to install colortest-python 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 colortest-python Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install colortest-python

Install colortest-python Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install colortest-python

Install colortest-python 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 colortest-python using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install colortest-python

How To Uninstall colortest-python on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the colortest-python package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove colortest-python

Uninstall colortest-python And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove colortest-python

Remove colortest-python Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge colortest-python

Remove colortest-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colortest-python

Dependencies

colortest-python have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• colortest-python website

Summary

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