How To Install gperiodic on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gperiodic

gperiodic is:

GPeriodic is a small X/GTK+-based program which allows you to browse through a periodic table of chemical elements, and view somewhat detailed information on each of the elements. 118 elements are currently listed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gperiodic

Install gperiodic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gperiodic

Install gperiodic 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 gperiodic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gperiodic

How To Uninstall gperiodic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gperiodic

Uninstall gperiodic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gperiodic

Remove gperiodic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gperiodic

Remove gperiodic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gperiodic

Dependencies

gperiodic have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0

References

• gperiodic website

Summary

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