How To Install welcome2l on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install welcome2l on Kali Linux. welcome2l is Linux ANSI boot logo

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install welcome2l on Kali Linux.

What is welcome2l

welcome2l is:

This is a little program that may run at login time to produce nice ANSI login logo.

Welcome2L intends to produce the best looking ANSI screens by making full usage of PC graphic characters.

Therefore an architecture able to display those characters (i386, Alpha with TGA adapter, …) is required to use it. And, even if it will work on larger screens, it will only produce 80 column ANSI screens.

There are three methods to install welcome2l 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 welcome2l Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install welcome2l using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install welcome2l

Install welcome2l Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install welcome2l using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install welcome2l

Install welcome2l 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 welcome2l using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install welcome2l

How To Uninstall welcome2l on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the welcome2l package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove welcome2l

Uninstall welcome2l And Its Dependencies

To uninstall welcome2l and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove welcome2l

Remove welcome2l Configurations and Data

To remove welcome2l configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge welcome2l

Remove welcome2l configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove welcome2l configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge welcome2l

Dependencies

welcome2l have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install welcome2l package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.