How to Install and Uninstall colortest Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "colortest" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install colortest on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                colortest
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "colortest" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall colortest on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                colortest
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the colortest package on Kali Linux

Package: colortest
Version: 20110624-9
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Micheal Waltz
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any (>= 5), bash (>= 3)
Size: 13540
SHA256: 7f4771b874f21e5c528c4586ed1fbef385f7978810fa0ddc31540d14d4bc67ca
SHA1: c17e4bc6cd5b801201dbf4fa6a3250210b23d3dd
MD5sum: 5de68a1f28cb9acd7cb692337ff33f22
Description: utilities to test color capabilities of terminal
Most terminals are capable of displaying 16 colors; 8 colors and 2
different brightness values, some (like xterm) can display more, even
256 colors.
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The colortest package includes set of utilities to help test how many
colors a terminal can show. These color settings depend on the $TERM
environment variable and termcap entry and by adjusting or selecting
correct values, higher colors may be available. The following numbers
of colors can be tested for: 8, 16 and 256 colors.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://invisible-island.net/xterm/
Tag: implemented-in::perl, implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/colortest/colortest_20110624-9_all.deb