How To Install ant-contrib-cpptasks on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-contrib-cpptasks on Kali Linux.

What is ant-contrib-cpptasks

ant-contrib-cpptasks is:

The cc task can compile various source languages and produce executables, shared libraries (aka DLL’s) and static libraries.

Compiler adaptors are currently available for C/C++, FORTRAN, MIDL and Windows Resource compilers.

There are three methods to install ant-contrib-cpptasks 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 ant-contrib-cpptasks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ant-contrib-cpptasks using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ant-contrib-cpptasks

Install ant-contrib-cpptasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ant-contrib-cpptasks using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ant-contrib-cpptasks

Install ant-contrib-cpptasks 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 ant-contrib-cpptasks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ant-contrib-cpptasks

How To Uninstall ant-contrib-cpptasks on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ant-contrib-cpptasks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ant-contrib-cpptasks

Uninstall ant-contrib-cpptasks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ant-contrib-cpptasks

Remove ant-contrib-cpptasks Configurations and Data

To remove ant-contrib-cpptasks configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ant-contrib-cpptasks

Remove ant-contrib-cpptasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ant-contrib-cpptasks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ant-contrib-cpptasks

Dependencies

ant-contrib-cpptasks have the following dependencies:

• libxerces2-java

References

• ant-contrib-cpptasks website

Summary

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