How To Install gcal on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gcal

gcal is:

Gcal displays a calendar for a month or a year, eternal holiday lists and fixed date lists, in many ways. The program correctly omits the dates that were skipped when the current Gregorian calendar replaced the earlier Julian calendar.

Apart from the usual and well known calendar functions like the output of a month or a year calendar sheet, or the output of an eternal holiday list, Gcal offers the facility to display fixed dates on the day of their occurrence and to remind or inform the user about them. So it is possible for users to receive an on-screen notification, at bootup or login, of all holidays or appointments which take place on that day. Notification by electronic mail is also possible.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcal

Install gcal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gcal

Install gcal 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 gcal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcal

How To Uninstall gcal on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gcal

Uninstall gcal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcal

Remove gcal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gcal

Remove gcal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcal

Dependencies

gcal have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libtinfo6
• gcal-common

References

• gcal website

Summary

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