How To Install tilda on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tilda

tilda is:

Tilda is a terminal emulator similar to normal terminals like gnome-terminal (GNOME) or Konsole (KDE), with the difference that it drops down from the edge of a screen when a certain configurable hotkey is pressed. This is similar to the build-in consoles in games such as Quake or Half-live. Tilda is highly configureable through a graphical wizard.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tilda

Install tilda Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tilda

Install tilda 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 tilda using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tilda

How To Uninstall tilda on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tilda

Uninstall tilda And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tilda

Remove tilda Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tilda

Remove tilda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tilda

Dependencies

tilda have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libconfuse2
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libvte-2.91-0
• libx11-6

References

• tilda website

Summary

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