How To Install ssft on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ssft

ssft is:

Shell function library useful to build shell script frontends.

The library defines a set of functions to display messages and read values from the user on X (using zenity or kdialog) or console (using dialog or plain text) and has been designed to be used by sourcing the library code from other scripts.

The library supports L10N if gettext.sh is installed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssft

Install ssft Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ssft

Install ssft 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 ssft using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssft

How To Uninstall ssft on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ssft

Uninstall ssft And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssft

Remove ssft Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ssft

Remove ssft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssft

Dependencies

ssft have the following dependencies:

References

• ssft website

Summary

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