How To Install fp-units-gtk2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-gtk2 on Kali Linux. fp-units-gtk2 is Free Pascal - GTK+ 2.x units dependency package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-gtk2 on Kali Linux.

What is fp-units-gtk2

fp-units-gtk2 is:

The Free Pascal Compiler is an Object Pascal compiler supporting both Delphi and Turbo Pascal 7.0 dialects, as well as Mac Pascal dialects. It provides a completely portable RunTime Library (RTL) available on many platforms and compatible with Turbo Pascal, along with a platform-independent class-based Free Component Library (FCL) adding many Delphi extensions and interfacing with many popular open source libraries.

This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the package containing Free Pascal units and examples to create programs with GTK+ 2.x.

There are three methods to install fp-units-gtk2 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 fp-units-gtk2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fp-units-gtk2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fp-units-gtk2

Install fp-units-gtk2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fp-units-gtk2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fp-units-gtk2

Install fp-units-gtk2 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 fp-units-gtk2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fp-units-gtk2

How To Uninstall fp-units-gtk2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fp-units-gtk2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fp-units-gtk2

Uninstall fp-units-gtk2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fp-units-gtk2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fp-units-gtk2

Remove fp-units-gtk2 Configurations and Data

To remove fp-units-gtk2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fp-units-gtk2

Remove fp-units-gtk2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fp-units-gtk2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fp-units-gtk2

Dependencies

fp-units-gtk2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-gtk2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.