How To Install xiphos on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xiphos

xiphos is:

Xiphos is a Bible study program for the GNOME desktop environment, based on The SWORD Project by the CrossWire Bible Society, a framework for developing Bible study tools and of associated texts such as commentaries and dictionaries.

This package provides the main Xiphos program, a digital text reader with bookmarks and full-text search. It allows viewing multiple versions of the same text, for parallel reading of alternatives or translations. It also supports personal verse-specific notes and a rich-text study pad, both of which have spell checking and full-text search.

Xiphos has a built-in facility to browse and install freely-distributed content from CrossWire repositories.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xiphos

Install xiphos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xiphos

Install xiphos 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 xiphos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xiphos

How To Uninstall xiphos on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xiphos

Uninstall xiphos And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xiphos

Remove xiphos Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xiphos

Remove xiphos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xiphos

Dependencies

xiphos have the following dependencies:

• xiphos-data
• imagemagick
• libbiblesync1.1
• libc6
• libdbus-glib-1-2
• libgcc-s1
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libicu67
• libminizip1
• libstdc++6
• libsword1.9.0
• libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
• libxml2

References

• xiphos website

Summary

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