How To Install anki on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is anki

anki is:

Anki is a program designed to help you remember facts (such as words and phrases in a foreign language) as easily, quickly and efficiently as possible. To do this, it tracks how well you remember each fact, and uses that information to optimally schedule review times.

Besides text, it supports sounds, images and rendering TeX snippets in the cards. It can synchronize card decks to a server so that you can review the deck on other computers, a web interface or mobile devices, for which versions of Anki are also available. Complete card decks offered by other users can be downloaded the same way.

Anki is extensible with plugins which can be downloaded and installed from the menu. While Anki can be used for studying anything, plugins are available with special features designed to make studying Japanese and English easier: integrated dictionary lookups, missing kanji reports, and more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install anki

Install anki Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install anki

Install anki 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 anki using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install anki

How To Uninstall anki on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove anki

Uninstall anki And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove anki

Remove anki Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge anki

Remove anki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anki

Dependencies

anki have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• anki website

Summary

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