How To Install tilp2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tilp2 on Kali Linux.

What is tilp2

tilp2 is:

TiLP2 is a Texas Instruments hand-helds <-> PC communication program for Linux. It is able to use any type of link cable (Gray/Black/Silver/Direct Link) with any calculator. See http://lpg.ticalc.org/.

With TiLP, you can transfer files from your PC to your Texas Instruments calculator, and vice-versa. You can also make a screen dump, send/receive data, backup/restore contents, install FLASH applications or upgrade OS.

There are three methods to install tilp2 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 tilp2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tilp2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tilp2

Install tilp2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tilp2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tilp2

Install tilp2 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 tilp2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tilp2

How To Uninstall tilp2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tilp2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tilp2

Uninstall tilp2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tilp2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tilp2

Remove tilp2 Configurations and Data

To remove tilp2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tilp2

Remove tilp2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tilp2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tilp2

Dependencies

tilp2 have the following dependencies:

• sensible-utils
• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libticables2-7
• libticalcs2-12
• libticonv8
• libtifiles2-10
• zlib1g

References

• tilp2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tilp2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.