How To Install dizzy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dizzy

dizzy is:

dizzy is a graphics demo that rotates planes of patterns on a colored background to make you dizzy. Textures can be cross-faded and there is a mode that automatically changes textures, allowing dizzy to be run as a screensaver.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dizzy

Install dizzy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dizzy

Install dizzy 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 dizzy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dizzy

How To Uninstall dizzy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dizzy

Uninstall dizzy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dizzy

Remove dizzy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dizzy

Remove dizzy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dizzy

Dependencies

dizzy have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• dizzy website

Summary

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