How To Install gretl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gretl

gretl 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 the GTK+ client and the command-line client.

There are three methods to install gretl 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gretl

Install gretl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gretl

Install gretl 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gretl

How To Uninstall gretl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gretl

Uninstall gretl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gretl

Remove gretl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gretl

Remove gretl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gretl

Dependencies

gretl have the following dependencies:

• libblas3
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libgcc-s1
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgmp10
• libgomp1
• libgretl1
• libgtk-3-0
• libgtksourceview-3.0-1
• libjson-glib-1.0-0
• liblapack3
• libmpfr6
• libodbc1
• libopenmpi3
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libreadline8
• libstdc++6
• libxml2
• zlib1g

References

• gretl website

Summary

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