How To Install gnome-calculator on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-calculator on Kali Linux. gnome-calculator is GNOME desktop calculator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-calculator on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-calculator

gnome-calculator is:

The GNOME calculator is a powerful graphical calculator with financial, logical and scientific modes. It uses a multiple precision package to do its arithmetic to give a high degree of accuracy.

There are three methods to install gnome-calculator 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 gnome-calculator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-calculator

Install gnome-calculator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-calculator

Install gnome-calculator 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 gnome-calculator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-calculator

How To Uninstall gnome-calculator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-calculator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-calculator

Uninstall gnome-calculator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-calculator

Remove gnome-calculator Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-calculator

Remove gnome-calculator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-calculator

Dependencies

gnome-calculator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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