How To Install kitty on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kitty on Kali Linux. kitty is fast, featureful, GPU based terminal emulator

Introduction

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

What is kitty

kitty is:

Kitty supports modern terminal features like: graphics, unicode, true-color, OpenType ligatures, mouse protocol, focus tracking, and bracketed paste.

Kitty has a framework for “kittens”, small terminal programs that can be used to extend its functionality.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kitty

Install kitty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kitty

Install kitty 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 kitty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kitty

How To Uninstall kitty on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kitty

Uninstall kitty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kitty

Remove kitty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kitty

Remove kitty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kitty

Dependencies

kitty have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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