How To Install cl-flexi-streams on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cl-flexi-streams

cl-flexi-streams is:

FLEXI-STREAMS implements “virtual” bivalent streams that can be layered atop real binary or bivalent streams and that can be used to read and write character data in various single- or multi-octet encodings which can be changed on the fly. It also supplies in-memory binary streams which are similar to string streams.

FLEXI-STREAMS is currently not optimized towards performance - it is rather intended to be easy to use and (if possible) to behave correctly.

There are three methods to install cl-flexi-streams 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-flexi-streams 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-flexi-streams using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cl-flexi-streams

Install cl-flexi-streams Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-flexi-streams

Install cl-flexi-streams 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-flexi-streams using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-flexi-streams

How To Uninstall cl-flexi-streams on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-flexi-streams

Uninstall cl-flexi-streams And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-flexi-streams

Remove cl-flexi-streams Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-flexi-streams

Remove cl-flexi-streams configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-flexi-streams

Dependencies

cl-flexi-streams have the following dependencies:

• cl-trivial-gray-streams

References

• cl-flexi-streams website

Summary

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