How To Install gtkwave on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gtkwave

gtkwave is:

gtkwave is a viewer for VCD (Value Change Dump) files which are usually created by digital circuit simulators. (These files have no connection to video CDs!)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtkwave

Install gtkwave Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gtkwave

Install gtkwave 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 gtkwave using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtkwave

How To Uninstall gtkwave on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gtkwave

Uninstall gtkwave And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtkwave

Remove gtkwave Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gtkwave

Remove gtkwave configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtkwave

Dependencies

gtkwave have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libjudydebian1
• liblzma5
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libstdc++6
• libtcl8.6
• libtk8.6
• zlib1g

References

• gtkwave website

Summary

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