How To Install sent on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sent on Kali Linux. sent is simple plaintext presentation tool

Introduction

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

What is sent

sent is:

sent does not need LaTeX, libreoffice or any other fancy file format, it uses plaintext files to describe the slides and can include images via farbfeld. Every paragraph represents a slide in the presentation.

The presentation is displayed in a simple X11 window. The content of each slide is automatically scaled to fit the window and centered so you also don’t have to worry about alignment. Instead you can really concentrate on the content.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sent

Install sent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sent

Install sent 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 sent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sent

How To Uninstall sent on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sent

Uninstall sent And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sent

Remove sent Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sent

Remove sent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sent

Dependencies

sent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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