How To Install guile-2.2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-2.2 on Kali Linux. guile-2.2 is GNU extension language and Scheme interpreter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-2.2 on Kali Linux.

What is guile-2.2

guile-2.2 is:

Guile is a Scheme implementation designed for real world programming, providing a rich Unix interface, a module system, an interpreter, and many extension languages. Guile can be used as a standard #! style interpreter, via #!/usr/bin/guile, or as an extension language for other applications via libguile.

There are three methods to install guile-2.2 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 guile-2.2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install guile-2.2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install guile-2.2

Install guile-2.2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install guile-2.2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install guile-2.2

Install guile-2.2 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 guile-2.2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guile-2.2

How To Uninstall guile-2.2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the guile-2.2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guile-2.2

Uninstall guile-2.2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guile-2.2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-2.2

Remove guile-2.2 Configurations and Data

To remove guile-2.2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-2.2

Remove guile-2.2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove guile-2.2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-2.2

Dependencies

guile-2.2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-2.2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.