How To Install trackballs-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trackballs-data on Kali Linux.

What is trackballs-data

trackballs-data is:

This package contains the necessary architecture-independent data files needed for running trackballs.

There are three methods to install trackballs-data 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 trackballs-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trackballs-data

Install trackballs-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trackballs-data

Install trackballs-data 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 trackballs-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trackballs-data

How To Uninstall trackballs-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the trackballs-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trackballs-data

Uninstall trackballs-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trackballs-data

Remove trackballs-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge trackballs-data

Remove trackballs-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trackballs-data

Dependencies

trackballs-data have the following dependencies:

• fonts-freefont-ttf

References

• trackballs-data website

Summary

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