How To Install utfout on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is utfout

utfout is:

This package contains a command-line tool that can produce UTF-8 (Unicode) strings in various ways and direct them to standard output, standard error or direct to the terminal without the need for shell support. Strings can be repeated, delayed, randomly-generated, written to arbitrary file descriptors, interspersed with other characters and generated using ranges. Printf(1)-style escape sequences are supported along with extended escape sequences. utfout(1) Sits somewhere between echo(1) and printf(1).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install utfout

Install utfout Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install utfout

Install utfout 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 utfout using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install utfout

How To Uninstall utfout on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove utfout

Uninstall utfout And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove utfout

Remove utfout Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge utfout

Remove utfout configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge utfout

Dependencies

utfout have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• utfout website

Summary

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