How To Install foot-terminfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install foot-terminfo on Kali Linux.

What is foot-terminfo

foot-terminfo is:

The fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator.

This package contains the terminfo files for foot.

There are three methods to install foot-terminfo 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 foot-terminfo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install foot-terminfo

Install foot-terminfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install foot-terminfo

Install foot-terminfo 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 foot-terminfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install foot-terminfo

How To Uninstall foot-terminfo on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the foot-terminfo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove foot-terminfo

Uninstall foot-terminfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove foot-terminfo

Remove foot-terminfo Configurations and Data

To remove foot-terminfo configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge foot-terminfo

Remove foot-terminfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foot-terminfo

Dependencies

foot-terminfo have the following dependencies:

References

• foot-terminfo website

Summary

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