How To Install xstarfish on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xstarfish

xstarfish is:

XStarfish generates colourful, tiled images for your background using random numbers fed through mathematical functions. It does not use source image files, so it can generate its images nearly forever without running out of material.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xstarfish

Install xstarfish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xstarfish

Install xstarfish 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 xstarfish using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xstarfish

How To Uninstall xstarfish on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xstarfish

Uninstall xstarfish And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xstarfish

Remove xstarfish Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xstarfish

Remove xstarfish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xstarfish

Dependencies

xstarfish have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpng16-16
• libx11-6

References

• xstarfish website

Summary

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