How To Install stterm on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install stterm on Kali Linux.
What is stterm
stterm is:
st is a terminal emulator from the suckless project with a focus on simplicity, clarity and frugality. The project’s philosophy is about keeping things simple, minimal and usable.
st supports most VT10X escape sequences, serial lines, XIM, utmp via utmp(1), clipboard handling, mouse and keyboard shortcuts, UTF-8, wide characters, resize, 256 colors, true colors, antialiased fonts (using fontconfig), fallback fonts, and line drawing. It does not provide a scrollback buffer: users are encouraged to use a terminal multiplexter.
This Debian package is called ‘stterm’ for historical reasons.
There are three methods to install stterm 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 stterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install stterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sttermInstall stterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install stterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sttermInstall stterm 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install stterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sttermHow To Uninstall stterm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the stterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sttermUninstall stterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sttermRemove stterm Configurations and Data
To remove stterm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sttermRemove stterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sttermDependencies
stterm have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stterm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
