How To Install gcpegg on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gcpegg

gcpegg is:

The GCP studies data from random event generators in widely distributed locations, to discern non-random patterns that may result from the interaction of human consciousness with the generators.

This package provides the software required to operate a random event generator and return data to the project. Unless you are registered with the GCP and have received event generator hardware, this package will be useless to you. If you have no idea what this means, don’t bother installing this package!

More GCP information is available at http://global-mind.org

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcpegg

Install gcpegg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gcpegg

Install gcpegg 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 gcpegg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcpegg

How To Uninstall gcpegg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gcpegg

Uninstall gcpegg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcpegg

Remove gcpegg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gcpegg

Remove gcpegg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcpegg

Dependencies

gcpegg have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• gcpegg website

Summary

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