How To Install inxi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install inxi on Kali Linux. inxi is full featured system information script

Introduction

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

What is inxi

inxi is:

Inxi is a system information script that can display various things about your hardware and software to users in an IRC chatroom or support forum. It runs with the /exec command in most IRC clients.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install inxi

Install inxi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install inxi

Install inxi 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 inxi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inxi

How To Uninstall inxi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove inxi

Uninstall inxi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inxi

Remove inxi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge inxi

Remove inxi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inxi

Dependencies

inxi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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