How To Install curtain on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install curtain
on Kali Linux.
What is curtain
curtain is:
Curtain is a tool that shows a movable and resizable curtain on the desktop. This is especially useful when making presentations to hide and unhide things.
Curtain is XInput-Aware, so you can use it with a graphic tablet or a whiteboard.
This program has been implemented for educational purposes.
There are three methods to install curtain
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 curtain Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install curtain
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install curtain
Install curtain Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install curtain
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install curtain
Install curtain 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 curtain
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install curtain
How To Uninstall curtain on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the curtain
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove curtain
Uninstall curtain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall curtain
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove curtain
Remove curtain Configurations and Data
To remove curtain
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge curtain
Remove curtain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove curtain
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge curtain
Dependencies
curtain have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install curtain
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.