How To Install wyrd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wyrd on Kali Linux. wyrd is text-based calendar application

Introduction

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

What is wyrd

wyrd is:

Wyrd acts as an ncurses-based frontend for remind, a scheduler application featuring sophisticated date calculation, moon phases, sunrise/sunset, Hebrew calendar, alarms, multilingual messages, and proper handling of holidays.

Wyrd displays reminders on a browsable time table along with a calendar and lets the user create new timed or untimed reminders. Using the remind backend, it is possible to convert the calendar to PostScript for printing and to synchronize it with Palm handhelds.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wyrd

Install wyrd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wyrd

Install wyrd 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 wyrd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wyrd

How To Uninstall wyrd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wyrd

Uninstall wyrd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wyrd

Remove wyrd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wyrd

Remove wyrd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wyrd

Dependencies

wyrd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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