How To Install mlterm-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-tools on Kali Linux. mlterm-tools is MultiLingual TERMinal, additional tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mlterm-tools on Kali Linux.

What is mlterm-tools

mlterm-tools is:

mlterm is a terminal emulator for X Window System, which supports various encodings, doublewidth characters, BiDi, Arabic shaping, and so on.

This package contains configuration tools and so on for mlterm.

There are three methods to install mlterm-tools 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 mlterm-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mlterm-tools

Install mlterm-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mlterm-tools

Install mlterm-tools 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 mlterm-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mlterm-tools

How To Uninstall mlterm-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mlterm-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mlterm-tools

Uninstall mlterm-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mlterm-tools

Remove mlterm-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mlterm-tools

Remove mlterm-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mlterm-tools

Dependencies

mlterm-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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