How To Install consolation on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is consolation

consolation is:

This package provides copy-paste and scrolling support to the Linux console.

It is based on the libinput library and supports all pointer devices and settings provided by this library.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install consolation

Install consolation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install consolation

Install consolation 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 consolation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install consolation

How To Uninstall consolation on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove consolation

Uninstall consolation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove consolation

Remove consolation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge consolation

Remove consolation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge consolation

Dependencies

consolation have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libc6
• libevdev2
• libinput10
• libudev1
• lsb-base

References

• consolation website

Summary

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