How To Install cl-regex on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cl-regex

cl-regex is:

A fully-featured regular expression compiler and matching engine for Common Lisp that claims to be roughly 5x-20x times faster than the GNU regex matcher written in C.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-regex

Install cl-regex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-regex

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

sudo aptitude -y install cl-regex

How To Uninstall cl-regex on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-regex

Uninstall cl-regex And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-regex

Remove cl-regex Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-regex

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

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

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

Dependencies

cl-regex have the following dependencies:

References

• cl-regex website

Summary

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