How To Install gcovr on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gcovr

gcovr is:

The gcovr command provides a utility for running the gcov command and summarizing code coverage results. This command is inspired by the Python coverage.py package, which provides a similar utility in Python. Further, gcovr can be viewed as a command-line alternative of the lcov utility, which runs gcov and generates an HTML output.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcovr

Install gcovr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gcovr

Install gcovr 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 gcovr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcovr

How To Uninstall gcovr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gcovr

Uninstall gcovr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcovr

Remove gcovr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gcovr

Remove gcovr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcovr

Dependencies

gcovr have the following dependencies:

• python3-jinja2
• python3-lxml
• python3

References

• gcovr website

Summary

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