How To Install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 on Kali Linux.

What is kstars-data-extra-tycho2

kstars-data-extra-tycho2 is:

This package contains the data of the Tycho-2 star catalog for KStars, the desktop planetarium for KDE. It allows users to share a single centralized installation of the data instead of each needing to download their own personal copy of the whole catalog. It can also configure KStars to disable these user downloads.

There are three methods to install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 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 kstars-data-extra-tycho2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kstars-data-extra-tycho2

Install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kstars-data-extra-tycho2

Install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 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 kstars-data-extra-tycho2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kstars-data-extra-tycho2

How To Uninstall kstars-data-extra-tycho2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kstars-data-extra-tycho2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kstars-data-extra-tycho2

Uninstall kstars-data-extra-tycho2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kstars-data-extra-tycho2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kstars-data-extra-tycho2

Remove kstars-data-extra-tycho2 Configurations and Data

To remove kstars-data-extra-tycho2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kstars-data-extra-tycho2

Remove kstars-data-extra-tycho2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kstars-data-extra-tycho2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kstars-data-extra-tycho2

Dependencies

kstars-data-extra-tycho2 have the following dependencies:

• debconf

References

• kstars-data-extra-tycho2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kstars-data-extra-tycho2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.