How To Install libnotcurses2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses2 on Kali Linux.

What is libnotcurses2

libnotcurses2 is:

Notcurses facilitates the creation of modern TUI programs, making full use of Unicode and 24-bit TrueColor. Its API is similar to that of NCURSES, but extends that with z-buffering, rendering of images and video using ffmpeg, alpha blending, widgets, palette fades, resize awareness, and multithreading support.

This package provides multimedia support via ffmpeg.

There are three methods to install libnotcurses2 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 libnotcurses2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnotcurses2

Install libnotcurses2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnotcurses2

Install libnotcurses2 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 libnotcurses2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnotcurses2

How To Uninstall libnotcurses2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnotcurses2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnotcurses2

Uninstall libnotcurses2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnotcurses2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotcurses2

Remove libnotcurses2 Configurations and Data

To remove libnotcurses2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnotcurses2

Remove libnotcurses2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnotcurses2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotcurses2

Dependencies

libnotcurses2 have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• libnotcurses2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.