How To Install xcolmix on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xcolmix

xcolmix is:

xcolmix enables you to mix your own colours in order to determine three values (the R/G/B code, or red-green-blue mix) of a colour. You can use those colours to, e.g., define the foreground or background of X applications which support it. Furthermore, xcolmix lets you retrieve RGB values from the X system’s database of `predefined’ colours.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xcolmix

Install xcolmix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xcolmix

Install xcolmix 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 xcolmix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xcolmix

How To Uninstall xcolmix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xcolmix

Uninstall xcolmix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xcolmix

Remove xcolmix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xcolmix

Remove xcolmix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xcolmix

Dependencies

xcolmix have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libforms2
• libx11-6

References

• xcolmix website

Summary

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