How To Install fbcat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fbcat

fbcat is:

fbcat grabs a screenshot of a framebuffer and stores in a PPM file.

This package also provides a compatibility wrapper around fbcat to ease migration from fbgrab.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fbcat

Install fbcat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fbcat

Install fbcat 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 fbcat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fbcat

How To Uninstall fbcat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fbcat

Uninstall fbcat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fbcat

Remove fbcat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fbcat

Remove fbcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fbcat

Dependencies

fbcat have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• fbcat website

Summary

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