How To Install hledger-web on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hledger-web on Kali Linux. hledger-web is web interface for the hledger accounting tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hledger-web on Kali Linux.

What is hledger-web

hledger-web is:

hledger is a haskell port and friendly fork of John Wiegley’s ledger accounting tool. This package provides a web interface as an alternative to the hledger command line interface.

There are three methods to install hledger-web 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 hledger-web Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hledger-web

Install hledger-web Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hledger-web

Install hledger-web 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 hledger-web using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hledger-web

How To Uninstall hledger-web on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hledger-web package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hledger-web

Uninstall hledger-web And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hledger-web

Remove hledger-web Configurations and Data

To remove hledger-web configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hledger-web

Remove hledger-web configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hledger-web

Dependencies

hledger-web have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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