How To Install environment-modules on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install environment-modules on Kali Linux.
What is environment-modules
environment-modules is:
The Modules package provides for the dynamic modification of a user’s environment via modulefiles. Each modulefile contains the information needed to configure the shell for an application. Once the Modules package is initialized, the environment can be modified dynamically on a per-module basis using the module command which interprets modulefiles. Typically modulefiles instruct the module command to alter or set shell environment variables such as PATH, MANPATH, etc. modulefiles may be shared by many users on a system and users may have their own collection to supplement or replace the shared modulefiles. The modules environment is common on SGI/Crays and many workstation farms.
There are three methods to install environment-modules 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 environment-modules Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install environment-modules using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install environment-modulesInstall environment-modules Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install environment-modules using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install environment-modulesInstall environment-modules 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install environment-modules using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install environment-modulesHow To Uninstall environment-modules on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the environment-modules package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove environment-modulesUninstall environment-modules And Its Dependencies
To uninstall environment-modules and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove environment-modulesRemove environment-modules Configurations and Data
To remove environment-modules configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge environment-modulesRemove environment-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove environment-modules configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge environment-modulesDependencies
environment-modules have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install environment-modules package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.