How To Install marble-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install marble-data on Kali Linux.

What is marble-data

marble-data is:

Marble is a generic geographical map widget and framework for KDE applications. The Marble widget shows the earth as a sphere but does not require hardware acceleration. A minimal set of geographical data is included, so it can be used without an internet connection.

This package contains the architecture-independent data files for the Marble desktop globe.

This package is part of the KDE education module.

There are three methods to install marble-data 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 marble-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install marble-data

Install marble-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install marble-data

Install marble-data 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 marble-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install marble-data

How To Uninstall marble-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the marble-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove marble-data

Uninstall marble-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove marble-data

Remove marble-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge marble-data

Remove marble-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge marble-data

Dependencies

marble-data have the following dependencies:

• marble-qt-data

References

• marble-data website

Summary

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