How To Install aspcud on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspcud on Kali Linux. aspcud is CUDF solver based on Answer Set Programming

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aspcud on Kali Linux.

What is aspcud

aspcud is:

Aspcud is an experimental solver for package dependencies. A package universe and a request to install, remove or upgrade packages have to be encoded in the CUDF format.

There are three methods to install aspcud 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 aspcud Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aspcud

Install aspcud Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aspcud using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aspcud

Install aspcud 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 aspcud using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aspcud

How To Uninstall aspcud on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aspcud package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aspcud

Uninstall aspcud And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aspcud

Remove aspcud Configurations and Data

To remove aspcud configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aspcud

Remove aspcud configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aspcud

Dependencies

aspcud have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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