How To Install gccbrig on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gccbrig

gccbrig is:

This is the GNU BRIG (HSA IL) frontend. The consumed format is a binary representation. The textual HSAIL can be compiled to it with a separate assembler.

This is a dependency package providing the default GNU BRIG compiler.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gccbrig

Install gccbrig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gccbrig

Install gccbrig 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 gccbrig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gccbrig

How To Uninstall gccbrig on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gccbrig

Uninstall gccbrig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gccbrig

Remove gccbrig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gccbrig

Remove gccbrig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gccbrig

Dependencies

gccbrig have the following dependencies:

• cpp

References

• gccbrig website

Summary

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