How To Install grail-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grail-tools on Kali Linux.
What is grail-tools
grail-tools is:
This library consists of an interface and tools for handling gesture recognition and gesture instantiation. Applications can use the grail callbacks to receive gesture primitives and raw input events from the underlying kernel device.
This package provides some test tools for the grail library.
There are three methods to install grail-tools 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 grail-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install grail-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grail-toolsInstall grail-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install grail-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grail-toolsInstall grail-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install grail-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grail-toolsHow To Uninstall grail-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the grail-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grail-toolsUninstall grail-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grail-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grail-toolsRemove grail-tools Configurations and Data
To remove grail-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grail-toolsRemove grail-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grail-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grail-toolsDependencies
grail-tools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grail-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.