How To Install tweak on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tweak

tweak is:

Tweak is a hex editor. It allows you to edit a file at very low level, letting you see the full and exact binary contents of the file. It can be useful for modifying binary files such as executables, editing disk or CD images, debugging programs that generate binary file formats incorrectly, and many other things.

Tweak runs under any terminal emulator using the curses library. It has customizable keybindings, but the default keybindings are similar to emacs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tweak

Install tweak Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tweak

Install tweak 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 tweak using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tweak

How To Uninstall tweak on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tweak

Uninstall tweak And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tweak

Remove tweak Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tweak

Remove tweak configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tweak

Dependencies

tweak have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• tweak website

Summary

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