How To Install cheesecutter on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cheesecutter

cheesecutter is:

This is a tracker program for composing music for the SID chip. It uses the reSID engine for SID emulation. The packed files can be played on a real C64.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cheesecutter

Install cheesecutter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cheesecutter

Install cheesecutter 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 cheesecutter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cheesecutter

How To Uninstall cheesecutter on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cheesecutter

Uninstall cheesecutter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cheesecutter

Remove cheesecutter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cheesecutter

Remove cheesecutter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cheesecutter

Dependencies

cheesecutter have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgphobos1
• libstdc++6

References

• cheesecutter website

Summary

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