How To Install gbutils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gbutils on Kali Linux. gbutils is utilities for command line econometrics

Introduction

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

What is gbutils

gbutils is:

A set of command line utilities for the manipulation and statistical analysis of data. These utilities read data from standard input in an ASCII format and print the result in ASCII format to standard output.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gbutils

Install gbutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gbutils

Install gbutils 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 gbutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gbutils

How To Uninstall gbutils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gbutils

Uninstall gbutils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gbutils

Remove gbutils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gbutils

Remove gbutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gbutils

Dependencies

gbutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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