How To Install ebview on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ebview

ebview is:

This tool can read multiple dictionaries at the same time and provides a search facility supporting the X11 cut-and-paste buffer.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ebview

Install ebview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ebview

Install ebview 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 ebview using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ebview

How To Uninstall ebview on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ebview

Uninstall ebview And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ebview

Remove ebview Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ebview

Remove ebview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ebview

Dependencies

ebview have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libeb16
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libx11-6

References

• ebview website

Summary

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