How To Install navit-gui-gtk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install navit-gui-gtk on Kali Linux. navit-gui-gtk is Car navigation system with routing engine - GTK+ GUI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install navit-gui-gtk on Kali Linux.

What is navit-gui-gtk

navit-gui-gtk is:

Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.

Its modular design is capable of using vector maps of various formats for routing and rendering of the displayed map. It’s even possible to use multiple maps at a time.

The GTK+ or SDL user interfaces are designed to work well with touch screen displays. Points of Interest of various formats are displayed on the map.

The current vehicle position is either read from gpsd or directly from NMEA GPS sensors.

The routing engine not only calculates an optimal route to your destination, but also generates directions and even speaks to you using speech-dispatcher.

This package contains the GTK+ GUI plugin.

There are three methods to install navit-gui-gtk 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 navit-gui-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install navit-gui-gtk

Install navit-gui-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install navit-gui-gtk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install navit-gui-gtk

Install navit-gui-gtk 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 navit-gui-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install navit-gui-gtk

How To Uninstall navit-gui-gtk on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the navit-gui-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove navit-gui-gtk

Uninstall navit-gui-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove navit-gui-gtk

Remove navit-gui-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove navit-gui-gtk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge navit-gui-gtk

Remove navit-gui-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove navit-gui-gtk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge navit-gui-gtk

Dependencies

navit-gui-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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