How To Install tkinspect on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tkinspect

tkinspect is:

Tkinspect is a tool to permit one to inspect the contents of a separate running Tk application. It has views for the variables, arrays, procedures and other objects in the inspectee and communicates using the Tk send or tcllib comm commands.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tkinspect

Install tkinspect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tkinspect

Install tkinspect 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 tkinspect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tkinspect

How To Uninstall tkinspect on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tkinspect

Uninstall tkinspect And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkinspect

Remove tkinspect Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tkinspect

Remove tkinspect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkinspect

Dependencies

tkinspect have the following dependencies:

• tk

References

• tkinspect website

Summary

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