How To Install mkgmapgui on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mkgmapgui

mkgmapgui is:

mkgmapgui is a GUI front end to mkgmap, a command-line utility for converting OpenStreetMap map files to files that can be uploaded to a Garmin GPS device.

While not all the advanced features of mkgmap are implemented in mkgmapgui, the most used are. mkgmapgui implements the following features:

• Converting an .osm file into a Garmin .img file
• Combining multiple .img files into one .img file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mkgmapgui

Install mkgmapgui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mkgmapgui

Install mkgmapgui 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 mkgmapgui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mkgmapgui

How To Uninstall mkgmapgui on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mkgmapgui

Uninstall mkgmapgui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mkgmapgui

Remove mkgmapgui Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mkgmapgui

Remove mkgmapgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mkgmapgui

Dependencies

mkgmapgui have the following dependencies:

• mkgmap
• default-jre

References

• mkgmapgui website

Summary

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