How To Install qterminal on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is qterminal

qterminal is:

QTerminal is a lightweight terminal emulator based on QTermWidget.

Among other it features

• Split terminals (horizontally and vertically).
• Multiple tabs.
• Customizable shortcuts.
• Various color schemes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qterminal

Install qterminal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qterminal

Install qterminal 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 qterminal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qterminal

How To Uninstall qterminal on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove qterminal

Uninstall qterminal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qterminal

Remove qterminal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qterminal

Remove qterminal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qterminal

Dependencies

qterminal have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5dbus5
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5widgets5
• libqt5x11extras5
• libqtermwidget5-0
• libstdc++6
• libx11-6

References

• qterminal website

Summary

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