How To Install dbar on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dbar on Kali Linux. dbar is general purpose ASCII graphic percentage meter/progressbar

Introduction

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

What is dbar

dbar is:

dbar lets you define static 0% and 100% marks or you can define these marks dynamically at runtime. Static and dynamic marks can be mixed, in this case the value specified at runtime will have a higher priority.

You can specify ranges of numbers, negative, positive or ranges with a negative min value and positive max value.

Features:

  • Simple interface, perfect to use within your scripts
  • Trivial to intergrate with dzen

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dbar

Install dbar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dbar

Install dbar 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 dbar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dbar

How To Uninstall dbar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dbar

Uninstall dbar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dbar

Remove dbar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dbar

Remove dbar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dbar

Dependencies

dbar have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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