How To Install aeson-pretty on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aeson-pretty on Kali Linux.

What is aeson-pretty

aeson-pretty is:

The command-line tool reads JSON from stdin and writes prettified JSON to stdout. It also offers a complementary compact-mode, essentially the opposite of pretty-printing.

This is built on the aeson-pretty library; see also libghc-aeson-pretty-dev.

There are three methods to install aeson-pretty 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 aeson-pretty Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aeson-pretty

Install aeson-pretty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aeson-pretty

Install aeson-pretty 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 aeson-pretty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aeson-pretty

How To Uninstall aeson-pretty on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aeson-pretty package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aeson-pretty

Uninstall aeson-pretty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aeson-pretty

Remove aeson-pretty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge aeson-pretty

Remove aeson-pretty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aeson-pretty

Dependencies

aeson-pretty have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libffi7
• libgmp10

References

• aeson-pretty website

Summary

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