How To Install screenie on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is screenie

screenie is:

Screenie is a small and lightweight screen(1) wrapper designed to simplify management of detached jobs by providing simple interactive menu.

This is an enhanced Perl-reimplementation of ‘screenie’ by Marc O. Gloor

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install screenie

Install screenie Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install screenie

Install screenie 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 screenie using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install screenie

How To Uninstall screenie on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove screenie

Uninstall screenie And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove screenie

Remove screenie Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge screenie

Remove screenie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screenie

Dependencies

screenie have the following dependencies:

• screen
• perl

References

• screenie website

Summary

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