How To Install kdialog on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdialog on Kali Linux.
What is kdialog
kdialog is:
kdialog allows you to display dialog boxes from shell scripts. The syntax is very much inspired from the “dialog” command (which shows text mode dialogs).
There are three methods to install kdialog 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 kdialog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kdialog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdialogInstall kdialog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kdialog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdialogInstall kdialog 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kdialog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdialogHow To Uninstall kdialog on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kdialog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdialogUninstall kdialog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdialog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdialogRemove kdialog Configurations and Data
To remove kdialog configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdialogRemove kdialog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdialog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdialogDependencies
kdialog have the following dependencies:
- kio
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5dbusaddons5
- libkf5guiaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5iconthemes5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5notifications5
- libkf5textwidgets5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libkf5windowsystem5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdialog package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.