How To Install darkslide on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install darkslide on Kali Linux. darkslide is HTML5 slideshow generator

Introduction

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

What is darkslide

darkslide is:

Darkslide is a tool which can generates an HTML5 slideshow using lightweight markup as input.

You can write your slide contents easily using these syntaxes:

  • Markdown
  • ReStructuredText
  • Textile

This tool support CSS/JS theming, PDF export (using PrinceXML Python library), embed images with Base64 (for stand-alone document) and fancy transitions.

Darkslide is a fork of Landslide.

A sample presentation is available here: http://ionelmc.github.io/python-darkslide/.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install darkslide

Install darkslide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install darkslide

Install darkslide 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 darkslide using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install darkslide

How To Uninstall darkslide on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove darkslide

Uninstall darkslide And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove darkslide

Remove darkslide Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge darkslide

Remove darkslide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darkslide

Dependencies

darkslide have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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