How To Install falkon on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install falkon on Kali Linux.
What is falkon
falkon is:
Falkon is a new and very fast Qt Webengine browser. It aims to be a lightweight web browser available through all major platforms.
Falkon has all standard functions you expect from a web browser. It includes bookmarks, history (both also in sidebar) and tabs. Above that, you can manage RSS feeds with an included RSS reader, block ads with a builtin AdBlock plugin, block Flash content with Click2Flash and edit the local CA Certificates database with an SSL Manager.
There are three methods to install falkon 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 falkon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install falkon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install falkonInstall falkon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install falkon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install falkonInstall falkon 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install falkon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install falkonHow To Uninstall falkon on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the falkon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove falkonUninstall falkon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall falkon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove falkonRemove falkon Configurations and Data
To remove falkon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge falkonRemove falkon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove falkon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge falkonDependencies
falkon have the following dependencies:
- libqt5sql5-sqlite
- qml-module-qtwebengine
- kio
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5crash5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5purpose-bin
- libkf5purpose5
- libkf5wallet-bin
- libkf5wallet5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5quickwidgets5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5webchannel5
- libqt5webenginecore5
- libqt5webenginewidgets5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5x11extras5
- libssl1.1
- libstdc++6
- libxcb1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install falkon package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.