How To Install osdclock on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install osdclock on Kali Linux. osdclock is Clock using the XOSD library

Introduction

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

What is osdclock

osdclock is:

A clock which uses the X On-Screen Display library to display itself.

It supports a strftime(3)-style format parameter and can be configured to show up only at specific intervals.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osdclock

Install osdclock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osdclock

Install osdclock 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 osdclock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osdclock

How To Uninstall osdclock on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove osdclock

Uninstall osdclock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osdclock

Remove osdclock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge osdclock

Remove osdclock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osdclock

Dependencies

osdclock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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