How To Install qosmic on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is qosmic

qosmic is:

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qosmic

Install qosmic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qosmic

Install qosmic 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 qosmic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qosmic

How To Uninstall qosmic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove qosmic

Uninstall qosmic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qosmic

Remove qosmic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qosmic

Remove qosmic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qosmic

Dependencies

qosmic have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• liblua5.2-0
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• libxml2

References

• qosmic website

Summary

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