How To Install kwrited on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kwrited on Kali Linux. kwrited is Read and write console output to X

Introduction

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

What is kwrited

kwrited is:

Kwrited captures console output (e.g. broadcast messages) and prints it in a X window.

This package is part of the KDE base workspace module.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kwrited

Install kwrited Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kwrited

Install kwrited 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 kwrited using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kwrited

How To Uninstall kwrited on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kwrited

Uninstall kwrited And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kwrited

Remove kwrited Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kwrited

Remove kwrited configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kwrited

Dependencies

kwrited have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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