How To Install cl-brlapi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-brlapi on Kali Linux.

What is cl-brlapi

cl-brlapi is:

BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the console (text mode) for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille display and provides complete screen review functionality.

BrlAPI is a library which gives an application access to a braille display and lets it write braille.

This package provides Common Lisp bindings vor BrlAPI.

There are three methods to install cl-brlapi 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 cl-brlapi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-brlapi

Install cl-brlapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-brlapi

Install cl-brlapi 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 cl-brlapi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-brlapi

How To Uninstall cl-brlapi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cl-brlapi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-brlapi

Uninstall cl-brlapi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-brlapi

Remove cl-brlapi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-brlapi

Remove cl-brlapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-brlapi

Dependencies

cl-brlapi have the following dependencies:

• cl-cffi
• libbrlapi0.8

References

• cl-brlapi website

Summary

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