How To Install gretl-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gretl-doc on Kali Linux.

What is gretl-doc

gretl-doc is:

The GNU Regression, Econometric and Time-Series Library (gretl) is a software package for econometric analysis. The package comprises a shared library, a command-line client program, and a graphical client built using GTK+.

This package provides documentation and examples included in the gretl sources.

There are three methods to install gretl-doc 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 gretl-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gretl-doc

Install gretl-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gretl-doc

Install gretl-doc 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 gretl-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gretl-doc

How To Uninstall gretl-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gretl-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gretl-doc

Uninstall gretl-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gretl-doc

Remove gretl-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gretl-doc

Remove gretl-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gretl-doc

Dependencies

gretl-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• gretl-doc website

Summary

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