How To Install libkf5pty5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5pty5 on Kali Linux.

What is libkf5pty5

libkf5pty5 is:

Provides primitives for opening & closing a pseudo TTY pair, assigning the controlling TTY, utmp registration and setting various terminal attributes.

There are three methods to install libkf5pty5 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 libkf5pty5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5pty5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5pty5

Install libkf5pty5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkf5pty5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkf5pty5

Install libkf5pty5 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 libkf5pty5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkf5pty5

How To Uninstall libkf5pty5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkf5pty5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkf5pty5

Uninstall libkf5pty5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkf5pty5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkf5pty5

Remove libkf5pty5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkf5pty5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkf5pty5

Remove libkf5pty5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkf5pty5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkf5pty5

Dependencies

libkf5pty5 have the following dependencies:

• libkf5pty-data
• libc6
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5i18n5
• libqt5core5a
• libstdc++6

References

• libkf5pty5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkf5pty5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.