How To Install googletest-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install googletest-tools on Kali Linux.

What is googletest-tools

googletest-tools is:

This package provides tools to be used with Google Test and/or Google Mock.

There are three methods to install googletest-tools 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 googletest-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install googletest-tools

Install googletest-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install googletest-tools

Install googletest-tools 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 googletest-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install googletest-tools

How To Uninstall googletest-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the googletest-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove googletest-tools

Uninstall googletest-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove googletest-tools

Remove googletest-tools Configurations and Data

To remove googletest-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge googletest-tools

Remove googletest-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge googletest-tools

Dependencies

googletest-tools have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• googletest-tools website

Summary

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