How To Install neofetch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is neofetch

neofetch is:

Neofetch is a cross-platform and easy-to-use system information command line script that collects your Linux system information and display it on the terminal next to an image, it could be your distributions logo or any ascii art of your choice.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install neofetch

Install neofetch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install neofetch

Install neofetch 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 neofetch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install neofetch

How To Uninstall neofetch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove neofetch

Uninstall neofetch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove neofetch

Remove neofetch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge neofetch

Remove neofetch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neofetch

Dependencies

neofetch have the following dependencies:

References

• neofetch website

Summary

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