How To Install tty-clock on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tty-clock on Kali Linux. tty-clock is simple terminal clock

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tty-clock on Kali Linux.

What is tty-clock

tty-clock is:

tty-clock is a simple ncurses-based clock that shows the time and date using a large display. It has a few commandline options to customize the output.

There are three methods to install tty-clock 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 tty-clock Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tty-clock

Install tty-clock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tty-clock

Install tty-clock 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 tty-clock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tty-clock

How To Uninstall tty-clock on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tty-clock package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tty-clock

Uninstall tty-clock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tty-clock

Remove tty-clock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tty-clock

Remove tty-clock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tty-clock

Dependencies

tty-clock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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