How To Install intltool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is intltool

intltool is:

Automatically extracts translatable strings from oaf, glade, bonobo ui, nautilus theme and other XML files into the po files.

Automatically merges translations from po files back into .oaf files (encoding to be 7-bit clean). The merging mechanism can also be extended to support other types of XML files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install intltool

Install intltool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install intltool

Install intltool 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 intltool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install intltool

How To Uninstall intltool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove intltool

Uninstall intltool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove intltool

Remove intltool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge intltool

Remove intltool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intltool

Dependencies

intltool have the following dependencies:

• gettext
• patch
• automake
• perl

References

• intltool website

Summary

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