How To Install libaa-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa-bin on Kali Linux.

What is libaa-bin

libaa-bin is:

AAlib is a portable ASCII art graphics library. Internally, it works like a graphics display, but the output is rendered into gorgeous platform independent ASCII graphics.

This package contains a few sample programs that use aalib.

There are three methods to install libaa-bin 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 libaa-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libaa-bin

Install libaa-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libaa-bin

Install libaa-bin 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 libaa-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaa-bin

How To Uninstall libaa-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaa-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaa-bin

Uninstall libaa-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaa-bin

Remove libaa-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libaa-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaa-bin

Remove libaa-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaa-bin

Dependencies

libaa-bin have the following dependencies:

• libaa1
• libc6

References

• libaa-bin website

Summary

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