How To Install gucharmap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gucharmap

gucharmap is:

This program allows you to browse through all the available Unicode characters and categories for the installed fonts, and to examine their detailed properties. It is an easy way to find the character you might only know by its Unicode name or code point.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gucharmap

Install gucharmap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gucharmap

Install gucharmap 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 gucharmap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gucharmap

How To Uninstall gucharmap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gucharmap

Uninstall gucharmap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gucharmap

Remove gucharmap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gucharmap

Remove gucharmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gucharmap

Dependencies

gucharmap have the following dependencies:

• libgucharmap-2-90-7

References

• gucharmap website

Summary

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