How To Install marble-maps on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is marble-maps

marble-maps 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 is part of the KDE education module.

There are three methods to install marble-maps 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-maps 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-maps using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install marble-maps

Install marble-maps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install marble-maps

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

sudo aptitude -y install marble-maps

How To Uninstall marble-maps on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove marble-maps

Uninstall marble-maps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove marble-maps

Remove marble-maps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge marble-maps

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

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

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

Dependencies

marble-maps have the following dependencies:

• marble-data

References

• marble-maps website

Summary

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