How To Install gant on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gant

gant is:

Gant is a build tool for scripting Ant tasks using Groovy instead of XML to specify the build logic. A Gant build specification is a Groovy script and so can bring all the power of Groovy to bear directly, something not possible with Ant scripts. Whilst it might be seen as a competitor to Ant, Gant uses Ant tasks for many of the actions, so Gant is really an alternative way of doing builds using Ant, but using a programming language rather than XML to specify the build rules.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gant

Install gant Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gant

Install gant 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 gant using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gant

How To Uninstall gant on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gant

Uninstall gant And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gant

Remove gant Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gant

Remove gant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gant

Dependencies

gant have the following dependencies:

• ant
• groovy

References

• gant website

Summary

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