How To Install xrayutilities on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xrayutilities

xrayutilities is:

This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xrayutilities

Install xrayutilities Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xrayutilities

Install xrayutilities 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 xrayutilities using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xrayutilities

How To Uninstall xrayutilities on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xrayutilities

Uninstall xrayutilities And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xrayutilities

Remove xrayutilities Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xrayutilities

Remove xrayutilities configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xrayutilities

Dependencies

xrayutilities have the following dependencies:

• python3-xrayutilities

References

• xrayutilities website

Summary

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