How To Install xtide on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xtide on Kali Linux. xtide is provides tide and current predictions

Introduction

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

What is xtide

xtide 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.

XTide can work with the X window system, plain text terminals, or the web. This is accomplished with three separate programs: the interactive interface (xtide), the non-interactive or command line interface (tide), and the web interface (xttpd).

The algorithm that XTide uses to predict tides is used by the National Ocean Service in the U.S. It is significantly more accurate than the simple tide clocks that can be bought in novelty stores. However, it takes more to predict tides accurately than just a spiffy algorithm – data are required for every tidal prediction location. This package provides a sample data set for only one location so you can try out the package, but anything useful requires the data packaged in the xtide-data package (or downloaded from the XTide ftp site).

There are three methods to install xtide 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xtide

Install xtide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xtide

Install xtide 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xtide

How To Uninstall xtide on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xtide

Uninstall xtide And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xtide

Remove xtide Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xtide

Remove xtide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xtide

Dependencies

xtide have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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