How To Install etktab on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is etktab

etktab is:

This program is used to write out guitar tablature in the typical style of ASCII tab, often found around the internet. The code is based on TkTab by Giovanni Chierico. Many of the ideas for the alterations found here came from EMACS tablature mode by Mark R. Rubin.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install etktab

Install etktab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install etktab

Install etktab 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 etktab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install etktab

How To Uninstall etktab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove etktab

Uninstall etktab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove etktab

Remove etktab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge etktab

Remove etktab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge etktab

Dependencies

etktab have the following dependencies:

• tk

References

• etktab website

Summary

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