How To Install gm2-i686-linux-gnu on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gm2-i686-linux-gnu on Kali Linux.

What is gm2-i686-linux-gnu

gm2-i686-linux-gnu is:

This is the GNU Modula-2 compiler, which compiles Modula-2 on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.

This is a dependency package providing the default GNU Modula-2 cross-compiler for the i386 architecture.

There are three methods to install gm2-i686-linux-gnu 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 gm2-i686-linux-gnu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gm2-i686-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gm2-i686-linux-gnu

Install gm2-i686-linux-gnu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gm2-i686-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gm2-i686-linux-gnu

Install gm2-i686-linux-gnu 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 gm2-i686-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gm2-i686-linux-gnu

How To Uninstall gm2-i686-linux-gnu on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gm2-i686-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gm2-i686-linux-gnu

Uninstall gm2-i686-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gm2-i686-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gm2-i686-linux-gnu

Remove gm2-i686-linux-gnu Configurations and Data

To remove gm2-i686-linux-gnu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gm2-i686-linux-gnu

Remove gm2-i686-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gm2-i686-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gm2-i686-linux-gnu

Dependencies

gm2-i686-linux-gnu have the following dependencies:

• cpp-i686-linux-gnu

References

• gm2-i686-linux-gnu website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gm2-i686-linux-gnu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.