How To Install goby on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is goby

goby is:

Goby is an Emacs Lisp package to display large fonts and images, which can be used as a WYSIWYG presentation tool on GNU Emacs.

There are two modes, Edit and View, for Goby. Edit mode is implemented as a minor mode while View mode as a major mode. The created file (*.gby) is just a text, so you can easily handle it.

To display large fonts, install TrueType font packages. To use images, install the netpbm package. To make screen dumps, install the imagemagick package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install goby

Install goby Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install goby

Install goby 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 goby using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install goby

How To Uninstall goby on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove goby

Uninstall goby And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove goby

Remove goby Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge goby

Remove goby configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge goby

Dependencies

goby have the following dependencies:

• emacsen-common
• emacs-nox

References

• goby website

Summary

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