How To Install aplus-fsf-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install aplus-fsf-dev on Kali Linux. aplus-fsf-dev is A+ programming language development environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aplus-fsf-dev on Kali Linux.

What is aplus-fsf-dev

aplus-fsf-dev is:

A+ is a powerful and efficient programming language. It is freely available under the GNU General Public License. It embodies a rich set of functions and operators, a modern graphical user interface with many widgets and automatic synchronization of widgets and variables, asynchronous execution of functions associated with variables and events, dynamic loading of user compiled subroutines, and many other features. Execution is by a rather efficient interpreter. A+ was created at Morgan Stanley. Primarily used in a computationally-intensive business environment, many critical applications written in A+ have withstood the demands of real world developers over many years. Written in an interpreted language, A+ applications tend to be portable.

This is a metapackage that provides a complete A+ development environment. The A+ run-time environment is provided by the aplus-fsf package.

There are three methods to install aplus-fsf-dev 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 aplus-fsf-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aplus-fsf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aplus-fsf-dev

Install aplus-fsf-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aplus-fsf-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aplus-fsf-dev

Install aplus-fsf-dev 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 aplus-fsf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aplus-fsf-dev

How To Uninstall aplus-fsf-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aplus-fsf-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aplus-fsf-dev

Uninstall aplus-fsf-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aplus-fsf-dev

Remove aplus-fsf-dev Configurations and Data

To remove aplus-fsf-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aplus-fsf-dev

Remove aplus-fsf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aplus-fsf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aplus-fsf-dev

Dependencies

aplus-fsf-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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