How To Install coco-cpp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coco-cpp on Kali Linux.

What is coco-cpp

coco-cpp is:

Coco/R is a compiler generator, which takes an attributed grammar of a source language and generates a scanner and a parser for this language. The scanner works as a deterministic finite automaton. The parser uses recursive descent. LL(1) conflicts can be resolved by a multi-symbol lookahead or by semantic checks. Thus the class of accepted grammars is LL(k) for an arbitrary k.

To start Coco call cococpp, which is a shell script in /usr/bin.

There are three methods to install coco-cpp 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 coco-cpp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coco-cpp

Install coco-cpp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install coco-cpp

Install coco-cpp 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 coco-cpp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coco-cpp

How To Uninstall coco-cpp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the coco-cpp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coco-cpp

Uninstall coco-cpp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coco-cpp

Remove coco-cpp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge coco-cpp

Remove coco-cpp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coco-cpp

Dependencies

coco-cpp have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• coco-cpp website

Summary

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