How To Install khelpcenter on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is khelpcenter

khelpcenter is:

KHelpCenter uses meta data files which describe the documentation available in the system. Each document is represented by a meta data file and shown as an entry in the KHelpCenter navigation tree view. The meta data contains information about title and short description of the document, the location of the document and some more information like how to search the document and translations of title and description. Document hierarchy is represented as hierarchy of the meta data files. Directories are also described by a meta data file which contains the same information as a document meta data file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install khelpcenter

Install khelpcenter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install khelpcenter

Install khelpcenter 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 khelpcenter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install khelpcenter

How To Uninstall khelpcenter on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove khelpcenter

Uninstall khelpcenter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove khelpcenter

Remove khelpcenter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge khelpcenter

Remove khelpcenter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge khelpcenter

Dependencies

khelpcenter have the following dependencies:

• kdoctools5
• kinit
• perl

References

• khelpcenter website

Summary

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