How To Install tkgate on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tkgate

tkgate is:

TkGate is a digital circuit editor and simulator with a Tcl/Tk based interface. TkGate includes a large number of built-in devices including basic gates, memories, ttys and modules for hierarchical design. The simulator can be controlled either interactively or through a simulation script. Memory contents can be loaded from files, and a microcode/macrocode compiler (gmac) is included to create tkgate memory files from a high-level description. The simulator supports continuous simulation, single step simulation (by clock or epoch) and breakpoints. Save files are in a Verilog-like format.

TkGate also includes a number of tutorial and example circuits which can be loaded through the “Help” menu. The examples range from a simple gate-level 3-bit adder to a 16-bit CPU programmed to play the “Animals” game.

TkGate has a multi-language interface with support for English, Japanese, French and Spanish.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tkgate

Install tkgate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tkgate

Install tkgate 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 tkgate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tkgate

How To Uninstall tkgate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tkgate

Uninstall tkgate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkgate

Remove tkgate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tkgate

Remove tkgate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkgate

Dependencies

tkgate have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangoxft-1.0-0
• libtcl8.6
• libtk8.6
• libx11-6
• libxft2
• tkgate-data

References

• tkgate website

Summary

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