How To Install gworldclock on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gworldclock on Kali Linux. gworldclock is Displays time and date in specified time zones

Introduction

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

What is gworldclock

gworldclock is:

This program displays the time and date of specified time zones using a GTK+ interface. It also provides a “rendezvous” function allowing the zones to be synchronised to a time other than the current time. This can help you organise meetings across different timezones.

The time zones may be entered by hand in TZ format or chosen from a list prepared from /usr/share/zoneinfo/zone.tab. The zone list is kept in a format consistent with the shell script tzwatch.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gworldclock

Install gworldclock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gworldclock

Install gworldclock 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 gworldclock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gworldclock

How To Uninstall gworldclock on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gworldclock

Uninstall gworldclock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gworldclock

Remove gworldclock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gworldclock

Remove gworldclock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gworldclock

Dependencies

gworldclock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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