How To Install ticker on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ticker

ticker is:

Ticker is a simple program to scroll text across a line of the display, in a manner similar to a stock ticker. In fact, since ticker supports communicating with a program that changes the text periodically, it could be used to implement a stock ticker.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ticker

Install ticker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ticker

Install ticker 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 ticker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ticker

How To Uninstall ticker on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ticker

Uninstall ticker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ticker

Remove ticker Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ticker

Remove ticker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ticker

Dependencies

ticker have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libslang2

References

• ticker website

Summary

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