How To Install clisp-module-pcre on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-pcre on Kali Linux. clisp-module-pcre is GNU CLISP module that adds libpcre support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clisp-module-pcre on Kali Linux.

What is clisp-module-pcre

clisp-module-pcre is:

GNU CLISP is a Common Lisp implementation. It conforms to the ANSI Common Lisp standard, and offers many extensions. It runs on all desktop operating systems (GNU and Unix systems, macOS, Windows) and is particularly memory-efficient.

This adds a module to CLISP that implements an interface to the libpcre which implements Perl-compatible regular expressions.

There are three methods to install clisp-module-pcre 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 clisp-module-pcre Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install clisp-module-pcre using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clisp-module-pcre

Install clisp-module-pcre Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clisp-module-pcre using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clisp-module-pcre

Install clisp-module-pcre 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 clisp-module-pcre using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clisp-module-pcre

How To Uninstall clisp-module-pcre on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the clisp-module-pcre package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clisp-module-pcre

Uninstall clisp-module-pcre And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clisp-module-pcre

Remove clisp-module-pcre Configurations and Data

To remove clisp-module-pcre configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clisp-module-pcre

Remove clisp-module-pcre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove clisp-module-pcre configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clisp-module-pcre

Dependencies

clisp-module-pcre have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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