How To Install ximtool on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ximtool
on Kali Linux.
What is ximtool
ximtool is:
x11iraf provides graphical tools to work with IRAF, notably xgterm and XImtool. Note: IRAF = Image Reduction and Analysis Facility, a general purpose software system for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data.
There are three methods to install ximtool
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 ximtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ximtool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ximtool
Install ximtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ximtool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ximtool
Install ximtool 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 ximtool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ximtool
How To Uninstall ximtool on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ximtool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ximtool
Uninstall ximtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ximtool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ximtool
Remove ximtool Configurations and Data
To remove ximtool
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ximtool
Remove ximtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ximtool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ximtool
Dependencies
ximtool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ximtool
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.