How To Install mencal on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mencal

mencal is:

Mencal is a menstruation calendar written in Perl.

It is a simple variation of the well-known Unix command cal. The main difference is that you can have some periodically repeating days highlighted in color. This can be used to track menstruation (or other) cycles conveniently.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mencal

Install mencal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mencal

Install mencal 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 mencal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mencal

How To Uninstall mencal on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mencal

Uninstall mencal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mencal

Remove mencal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mencal

Remove mencal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mencal

Dependencies

mencal have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• mencal website

Summary

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