How To Install xtide-data-nonfree on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xtide-data-nonfree on Kali Linux.

What is xtide-data-nonfree

xtide-data-nonfree is:

XTide is a package that provides tide and current predictions in a wide variety of formats. Graphs, text listings, and calendars can be generated, or a tide clock can be provided on your desktop.

This package provides extra harmonic station data for the xtide package. XTide works fine without them using the (free) xtide-data package which provides harmonics data for the US, but this package adds non-free data for Canada, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.

This package is non-free because commercial distribution of the data is not allowed.

There are three methods to install xtide-data-nonfree 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 xtide-data-nonfree Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xtide-data-nonfree

Install xtide-data-nonfree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xtide-data-nonfree using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xtide-data-nonfree

Install xtide-data-nonfree 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 xtide-data-nonfree using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xtide-data-nonfree

How To Uninstall xtide-data-nonfree on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xtide-data-nonfree package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xtide-data-nonfree

Uninstall xtide-data-nonfree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xtide-data-nonfree

Remove xtide-data-nonfree Configurations and Data

To remove xtide-data-nonfree configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xtide-data-nonfree

Remove xtide-data-nonfree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xtide-data-nonfree

Dependencies

xtide-data-nonfree have the following dependencies:

References

• xtide-data-nonfree website

Summary

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