How To Install tilix on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tilix

tilix is:

Tilix is a feature-rich tiling terminal emulator following the GNOME human interface design guidelines. Its many features include:

• Layout terminals in any fashion by splitting them horizontally or vertically.
• Terminals can be re-arranged using drag and drop both within and between windows.
• Terminals can be detached into a new window via drag and drop.
• Input can be synchronized between terminals so commands typed in one terminal are replicated to the others.
• Supports notifications when processes are completed out of view.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tilix

Install tilix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tilix

Install tilix 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 tilix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tilix

How To Uninstall tilix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tilix

Uninstall tilix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tilix

Remove tilix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tilix

Remove tilix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tilix

Dependencies

tilix have the following dependencies:

• tilix-common
• dconf-gsettings-backend
• libc6
• libgtkd-3-0
• libphobos2-ldc-shared94

References

• tilix website

Summary

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