How To Install arduino-builder on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arduino-builder on Kali Linux.

What is arduino-builder

arduino-builder is:

This tool is able to parse Arduino Hardware specifications, properly run ‘gcc’ and produce compiled sketches.

An Arduino sketch differs from a standard C program in that it misses a ‘main’ (provided by the Arduino core), function prototypes are not mandatory, and libraries inclusion is automagic (you just have to #include them). This tool generates function prototypes and gathers library paths, providing ‘gcc’ with all the needed ‘-I’ params.

There are three methods to install arduino-builder 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 arduino-builder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install arduino-builder

Install arduino-builder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install arduino-builder

Install arduino-builder 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 arduino-builder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arduino-builder

How To Uninstall arduino-builder on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the arduino-builder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arduino-builder

Uninstall arduino-builder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arduino-builder

Remove arduino-builder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge arduino-builder

Remove arduino-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arduino-builder

Dependencies

arduino-builder have the following dependencies:

• arduino-ctags

References

• arduino-builder website

Summary

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