How To Install gcl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gcl

gcl is:

GNU Common Lisp (GCL) is a Common Lisp compiler and interpreter implemented in C, and complying mostly with the standard set forth in the book “Common Lisp, the Language I”. It attempts to strike a useful middle ground in performance and portability from its design around C.

This package contains the Lisp system itself. Documentation is provided in the gcl-doc package.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcl

Install gcl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gcl

Install gcl 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 gcl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcl

How To Uninstall gcl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gcl

Uninstall gcl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcl

Remove gcl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gcl

Remove gcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcl

Dependencies

gcl have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgmp10
• libreadline8
• libtcl8.6
• libtk8.6
• libx11-6
• debconf
• gcc
• emacs24
• ucf

References

• gcl website

Summary

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