How To Install cloc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloc on Kali Linux.

What is cloc

cloc is:

Count physical lines of source code in the given files (may be archives such as compressed tarballs or zip files) and/or recursively below the given directories.

Counts blank lines, comment lines, and physical lines of source code in many programming languages. It is written entirely in Perl, using only modules from the standard distribution.

There are three methods to install cloc 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 cloc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cloc

Install cloc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cloc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cloc

Install cloc 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 cloc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cloc

How To Uninstall cloc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cloc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cloc

Uninstall cloc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cloc

Remove cloc Configurations and Data

To remove cloc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cloc

Remove cloc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cloc

Dependencies

cloc have the following dependencies:

• libalgorithm-diff-perl
• libparallel-forkmanager-perl
• libregexp-common-perl
• perl

References

• cloc website

Summary

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