How To Install cppo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cppo on Kali Linux. cppo is cpp for OCaml

Introduction

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

What is cppo

cppo is:

Cppo is an OCaml-friendly implementation of cpp, the C preprocessor. It can replace camlp4 for preprocessing OCaml files, using cpp style and syntax. It allows defining simple macros and file inclusion.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cppo

Install cppo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cppo

Install cppo 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 cppo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cppo

How To Uninstall cppo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cppo

Uninstall cppo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cppo

Remove cppo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cppo

Remove cppo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cppo

Dependencies

cppo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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