How To Install blt-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blt-dev on Kali Linux.
What is blt-dev
blt-dev is:
BLT is a library of useful extensions for the Tcl language and the popular Tk graphical toolkit. It adds a vector and tree data type, background execution and some debugging tools to Tcl, and provides several new widgets for Tk, including graphs, bar-charts, trees, tabs, splines and hyper-links, as well as a new geometry manager, drag & drop support, and more.
This package contains the headers and libraries needed to extend or embed BLT.
There are three methods to install blt-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 blt-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install blt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blt-devInstall blt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install blt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blt-devInstall blt-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install blt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blt-devHow To Uninstall blt-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the blt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blt-devUninstall blt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blt-devRemove blt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove blt-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blt-devRemove blt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blt-devDependencies
blt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blt-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.