Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install advi on Kali Linux.
What is advi
advi is:
Active-DVI is a DVI previewer and presenter written in Objective Caml
with some eye candy effects for presentation, support for interactive
demonstrations, and embedding of arbitrary applications within the
presentation (hence the Active adjective of the presenter :).
Please enable JavaScript
Active-DVI does not (yet) support postscript fonts (see the README.Debian for
more details).
Active-DVI also has the ability to run embedded commands, which may cause
security problems when viewing untrusted DVI files. Make sure to read the
README.Debian for more information.
There are three methods to install advi 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 advi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install advi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install adviInstall advi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install advi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install adviInstall advi 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install advi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install advi
How To Uninstall advi on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the advi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove advi
Uninstall advi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall advi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove advi
Remove advi Configurations and Data
To remove advi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge advi
Remove advi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove advi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge advi
Dependencies
advi have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libfreetype6
- libx11-6
- libxinerama1
- tex-common
- texlive-base-bin
- texlive-base
- ghostscript-x
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install advi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
