How To Install devtodo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is devtodo

devtodo is:

Manipulate and display a hierarchical (i.e. “subtasks”) and prioritised list of things with a coloured command line interface.

Using devtodo’s output formatting features, it is possible to convert the todo list into almost any text format.

Devtodo comes with XSLT stylesheets to convert XML .todo files to HTML and PDF, have a look at /usr/share/devtodo/.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install devtodo

Install devtodo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install devtodo

Install devtodo 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 devtodo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install devtodo

How To Uninstall devtodo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove devtodo

Uninstall devtodo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove devtodo

Remove devtodo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge devtodo

Remove devtodo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devtodo

Dependencies

devtodo have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libreadline8
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6

References

• devtodo website

Summary

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