How To Install fet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fet

fet is:

FET is a program for automatically generating the timetable of a school, high-school or university.

Usually, FET is able to solve a complicated timetable in maximum 5-20 minutes. For simpler timetables, it may take a shorter time, under 5 minutes (in some cases, a matter of seconds). For extremely difficult timetables, it may take a longer time, a matter of hours.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fet

Install fet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fet

Install fet 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 fet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fet

How To Uninstall fet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fet

Uninstall fet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fet

Remove fet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fet

Remove fet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fet

Dependencies

fet have the following dependencies:

• fet-data
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5printsupport5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• fet website

Summary

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