How To Install cl-zip on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-zip on Kali Linux. cl-zip is Common Lisp HTTP client

Introduction

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

What is cl-zip

cl-zip is:

Zip is a full-featured HTTP client implemented in Common Lisp. It knows how to handle HTTP/1.1 chunking, persistent connections, re-usable sockets, SSL, continuable uploads, file uploads, cookies, and more.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-zip

Install cl-zip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-zip

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

sudo aptitude -y install cl-zip

How To Uninstall cl-zip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cl-zip

Uninstall cl-zip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-zip

Remove cl-zip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-zip

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

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

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

Dependencies

cl-zip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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