How To Install tix on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tix on Kali Linux. tix is library for Tk – runtime package

Introduction

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

What is tix

tix is:

The Tix library for Tk extends Tk with new widgets like: o panned windows, o hierarchical lists, o folders, o combo boxes, o help balloons, o and many others.

The Tix look and feel is really good. Additionally, Tix eases construction of mega-widget and has a full-fledged C interface as well.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tix

Install tix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tix

Install tix 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 tix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tix

How To Uninstall tix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tix

Uninstall tix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tix

Remove tix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tix

Remove tix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tix

Dependencies

tix have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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