How To Install gromit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gromit

gromit is:

Gromit enables you to make annotations on your screen.

This is especially useful when making presentations, to highlight things or point out things of interest.

Gromit is XInput-Aware, so if you have a graphic tablet you can draw lines with different strength, color, erase things, etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gromit

Install gromit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gromit

Install gromit 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 gromit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gromit

How To Uninstall gromit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gromit

Uninstall gromit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gromit

Remove gromit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gromit

Remove gromit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gromit

Dependencies

gromit have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• libx11-6

References

• gromit website

Summary

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