How To Install slashtime on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is slashtime

slashtime is:

A small program which displays the time in various places. It has a compact display of locations along with supporting information such as the date and the abbreviated code used to name that timezone.

Time data displayed will be as accurate as the system’s zoneinfo data is used. Somewhat unusually, Slashtime shows the offset from the current location, not from UTC. When running you can change the center point by double-clicking on another city.

There is a meeting planner built into Slashtime. You can specify a date and time and see what the corresponding time in other locations will be.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install slashtime

Install slashtime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install slashtime

Install slashtime 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 slashtime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slashtime

How To Uninstall slashtime on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove slashtime

Uninstall slashtime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slashtime

Remove slashtime Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge slashtime

Remove slashtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slashtime

Dependencies

slashtime have the following dependencies:

• default-jre
• libjava-gnome-java

References

• slashtime website

Summary

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