How To Install gsimplecal on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gsimplecal

gsimplecal is:

gsimplecal is a lightweight calendar application written in C++ using GTK3.

It was intentionally made for use with tint2 panel in the openbox environment to be launched upon clock click, but can be bound to some hotkey in any window manager

gsimplecal can be configured to not only show the calendar, but also display multiple clocks for different world timezones.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gsimplecal

Install gsimplecal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gsimplecal

Install gsimplecal 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 gsimplecal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gsimplecal

How To Uninstall gsimplecal on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gsimplecal

Uninstall gsimplecal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gsimplecal

Remove gsimplecal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gsimplecal

Remove gsimplecal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gsimplecal

Dependencies

gsimplecal have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• gsimplecal website

Summary

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