How To Install worklog on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is worklog

worklog is:

Worklog is a program that helps you keep track of your time.

The author wrote this program because he had several projects that required to keep a timesheet, sometimes spending 5 minutes here and there doing miscellaneous administrative tasks.

Rather than invoke an editor on a timesheet file for every little segment of time spent doing these tasks, this tool allows one to leave a clock running and indicate with one or two keystrokes the onset or change of any given task.

Worklog is a simple ncurses based program to do just that.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install worklog

Install worklog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install worklog

Install worklog 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 worklog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install worklog

How To Uninstall worklog on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove worklog

Uninstall worklog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove worklog

Remove worklog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge worklog

Remove worklog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge worklog

Dependencies

worklog have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• worklog website

Summary

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