How To Install grass-gui on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grass-gui on Kali Linux.
What is grass-gui
grass-gui is:
Commonly referred to as GRASS, this is a Geographic Information System (GIS) used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. GRASS is currently used in academic and commercial settings around the world, as well as by many government agencies and environmental consulting companies.
This package contains the GRASS GUIs.
There are three methods to install grass-gui 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 grass-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install grass-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grass-guiInstall grass-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install grass-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grass-guiInstall grass-gui 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 grass-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grass-guiHow To Uninstall grass-gui on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the grass-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grass-guiUninstall grass-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grass-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grass-guiRemove grass-gui Configurations and Data
To remove grass-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grass-guiRemove grass-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grass-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grass-guiDependencies
grass-gui have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grass-gui package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.