How To Install rhinote on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rhinote

rhinote is:

Rhinote is a small program that provides virtual sticky-notes. It’s handy for jotting down quick notes or holding copied text that you plan to paste elsewhere later.

Notes can be saved as plain text for later viewing/editing with Rhinote or any other text editor.

Rhinote is designed to be “keyboard friendly”, that is, every single action is bound to a specific keystroke.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rhinote

Install rhinote Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rhinote

Install rhinote 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 rhinote using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rhinote

How To Uninstall rhinote on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rhinote

Uninstall rhinote And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rhinote

Remove rhinote Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rhinote

Remove rhinote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rhinote

Dependencies

rhinote have the following dependencies:

• python3
• python3-tk
• enscript
• cups-client

References

• rhinote website

Summary

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