How To Install liquidprompt on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liquidprompt on Kali Linux. liquidprompt is adaptative prompt for bash & zsh

Introduction

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

What is liquidprompt

liquidprompt is:

Liquid Prompt gives you a nicely displayed prompt with useful information when you need it.

It shows you what you need when you need it. You will notice what changes when it changes, saving time and frustration. You can even use it with your favorite shell ?? bash or zsh.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liquidprompt

Install liquidprompt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liquidprompt

Install liquidprompt 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 liquidprompt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liquidprompt

How To Uninstall liquidprompt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liquidprompt

Uninstall liquidprompt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liquidprompt

Remove liquidprompt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liquidprompt

Remove liquidprompt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liquidprompt

Dependencies

liquidprompt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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