Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bb on Kali Linux.
What is bb
bb is:
This package contains a ‘high quality audio-visual demonstration’
of ASCII-art using AAlib, a portable ASCII-art graphics library.
This demonstration can be displayed in a text- or X11-terminal.
There are three methods to install bb 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 bb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bbInstall bb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bbInstall bb 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 bb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bb
How To Uninstall bb on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bb
Uninstall bb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bb
Remove bb Configurations and Data
To remove bb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bb
Remove bb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bb
Dependencies
bb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
