How To Install screenfetch on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install screenfetch on Kali Linux.
What is screenfetch
screenfetch is:
screenFetch is a “Bash Screenshot Information Tool”. This handy Bash script can be used to generate one of those nifty terminal theme information + ASCII distribution logos you see in everyone’s screenshots nowadays.
It will auto-detect your distribution and display an ASCII version of that distribution’s logo and some valuable information to the right. There are options to specify no ascii art, colors, taking a screenshot upon displaying info, and even customizing the screenshot command.
There are three methods to install screenfetch 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 screenfetch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install screenfetch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install screenfetchInstall screenfetch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install screenfetch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install screenfetchInstall screenfetch 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install screenfetch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install screenfetchHow To Uninstall screenfetch on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the screenfetch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove screenfetchUninstall screenfetch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall screenfetch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove screenfetchRemove screenfetch Configurations and Data
To remove screenfetch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge screenfetchRemove screenfetch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove screenfetch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screenfetchDependencies
screenfetch have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install screenfetch package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
