How To Install cli-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cli-common on Kali Linux.

What is cli-common

cli-common is:

This package must be installed if a CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) runtime environment is desired.

It covers useful integration and information for CLI implementations in Debian GNU/Linux, including:

• The CLI policy describes how CLI packages should behave and integrate.
• A FAQ for package maintainers of CLI/.NET applications.
• Integration for CLRs (Common Language Runtime):
  • Installing libraries into existing GACs (Global Assembly Cache)

There are three methods to install cli-common 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 cli-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cli-common

Install cli-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cli-common

Install cli-common 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 cli-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cli-common

How To Uninstall cli-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cli-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cli-common

Uninstall cli-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cli-common

Remove cli-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cli-common

Remove cli-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cli-common

Dependencies

cli-common have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• cli-common website

Summary

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