How To Install ansiweather on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ansiweather

ansiweather is:

AnsiWeather is a Shell script for displaying the current
weather conditions in your terminal, with support for
ANSI colors and Unicode symbols.

Weather data comes from OpenWeatherMap, free weather API.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ansiweather

Install ansiweather Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ansiweather

Install ansiweather 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 ansiweather using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ansiweather

How To Uninstall ansiweather on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ansiweather

Uninstall ansiweather And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansiweather

Remove ansiweather Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ansiweather

Remove ansiweather configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansiweather

Dependencies

ansiweather have the following dependencies:

• curl
• bc
• jq

References

• ansiweather website

Summary

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