How To Install potool on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install potool on Kali Linux. potool is program to aid manipulation of gettext po files

Introduction

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

What is potool

potool is:

This package contains the filter program ‘potool’, as well as a few helper scripts: poedit - helps editing of po files in your favourite editor postats - prints statistics of how much of a file is translated

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install potool

Install potool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install potool

Install potool 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 potool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install potool

How To Uninstall potool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove potool

Uninstall potool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove potool

Remove potool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge potool

Remove potool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge potool

Dependencies

potool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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