How To Install cl-plus-ssl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-plus-ssl on Kali Linux. cl-plus-ssl is Common Lisp interface to OpenSSL

Introduction

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

What is cl-plus-ssl

cl-plus-ssl is:

CL+SSL is portable code based on CFFI and gray streams. It defines its own libssl BIO method, so that SSL I/O can be written over portable Lisp streams instead of bypassing the streams and sending data over Unix file descriptors directly. (But the traditional approach is still used if possible.)

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-plus-ssl

Install cl-plus-ssl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-plus-ssl

Install cl-plus-ssl 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-plus-ssl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-plus-ssl

How To Uninstall cl-plus-ssl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-plus-ssl

Uninstall cl-plus-ssl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-plus-ssl

Remove cl-plus-ssl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-plus-ssl

Remove cl-plus-ssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-plus-ssl

Dependencies

cl-plus-ssl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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