How To Install gprbuild on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gprbuild on Kali Linux. gprbuild is multi-language extensible build tool

Introduction

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

What is gprbuild

gprbuild is:

A set of tools for processing GNAT project files: gprconfig detects available compilers, gprbuild runs them; gprslave helps distributing the build work across the network; gprinstall copies the objects to their final destination; gprclean removes them. The default configuration supports Ada, Assembler, C, C++, Fortran, and can be extended to support user source processing tools.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gprbuild

Install gprbuild Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gprbuild

Install gprbuild 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 gprbuild using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gprbuild

How To Uninstall gprbuild on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gprbuild

Uninstall gprbuild And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gprbuild

Remove gprbuild Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gprbuild

Remove gprbuild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gprbuild

Dependencies

gprbuild have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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