How To Install arc-gui-clients on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arc-gui-clients on Kali Linux.

What is arc-gui-clients

arc-gui-clients is:

Provides graphical clients to the NorduGrid ARC middleware.

There are three methods to install arc-gui-clients 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 arc-gui-clients Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arc-gui-clients using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arc-gui-clients

Install arc-gui-clients Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arc-gui-clients using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arc-gui-clients

Install arc-gui-clients 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 arc-gui-clients using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arc-gui-clients

How To Uninstall arc-gui-clients on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the arc-gui-clients package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arc-gui-clients

Uninstall arc-gui-clients And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arc-gui-clients

Remove arc-gui-clients Configurations and Data

To remove arc-gui-clients configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arc-gui-clients

Remove arc-gui-clients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arc-gui-clients configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arc-gui-clients

Dependencies

arc-gui-clients have the following dependencies:

• libarccommon3v5
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• arc-gui-clients website

Summary

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