How To Install libaa1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa1 on Kali Linux.

What is libaa1

libaa1 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.

There are three methods to install libaa1 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 libaa1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaa1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaa1

Install libaa1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaa1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaa1

Install libaa1 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 libaa1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaa1

How To Uninstall libaa1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaa1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaa1

Uninstall libaa1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaa1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaa1

Remove libaa1 Configurations and Data

To remove libaa1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaa1

Remove libaa1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaa1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaa1

Dependencies

libaa1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgpm2
• libncurses6
• libslang2
• libtinfo6
• libx11-6

References

• libaa1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaa1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.