How To Install select-xface on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install select-xface on Kali Linux.

What is select-xface

select-xface is:

Select X-Face is a utility for selecting/inserting an X-Face field visually on emacsen mailer (Mew, Gnus, Wanderlust, etc.).

There are three methods to install select-xface 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 select-xface Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install select-xface

Install select-xface Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install select-xface

Install select-xface 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 select-xface using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install select-xface

How To Uninstall select-xface on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the select-xface package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove select-xface

Uninstall select-xface And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove select-xface

Remove select-xface Configurations and Data

To remove select-xface configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge select-xface

Remove select-xface configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge select-xface

Dependencies

select-xface have the following dependencies:

• emacsen-common
• emacs-nox

References

• select-xface website

Summary

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