How To Install gnote on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnote

gnote is:

Gnote is a desktop note-taking application which is simple and easy to use. It lets you organise your notes intelligently by allowing you to easily link ideas together with Wiki style interconnects.

It is a port of Tomboy to C++ and consumes less resources.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnote

Install gnote Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnote

Install gnote 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 gnote using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnote

How To Uninstall gnote on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnote

Uninstall gnote And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnote

Remove gnote Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnote

Remove gnote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnote

Dependencies

gnote have the following dependencies:

• dconf-gsettings-backend
• libatkmm-1.6-1v5
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libglibmm-2.4-1v5
• libgspell-1-2
• libgtk-3-0
• libgtkmm-3.0-1v5
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangomm-1.4-1v5
• libsecret-1-0
• libsigc++-2.0-0v5
• libstdc++6
• libuuid1
• libxml2
• libxslt1.1

References

• gnote website

Summary

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