How To Install meteo-qt on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install meteo-qt on Kali Linux.

What is meteo-qt

meteo-qt is:

meteo-qt is an application to display weather information in desktop panels, desktop notifications and it’s own window.

Weather data is taken from OpenWeatherMap (http://openweathermap.org/). The application is based on Python 3 and Qt 5.

There are three methods to install meteo-qt 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 meteo-qt Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install meteo-qt

Install meteo-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install meteo-qt

Install meteo-qt 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 meteo-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install meteo-qt

How To Uninstall meteo-qt on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the meteo-qt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove meteo-qt

Uninstall meteo-qt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove meteo-qt

Remove meteo-qt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge meteo-qt

Remove meteo-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge meteo-qt

Dependencies

meteo-qt have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• meteo-qt website

Summary

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