How To Install guile-bytestructures on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-bytestructures on Kali Linux. guile-bytestructures is Structured access to bytevector contents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-bytestructures on Kali Linux.

What is guile-bytestructures

guile-bytestructures is:

This library offers a system imitating the type system of the C programming language, to be used on bytevectors. C’s type system works on raw memory, and bytestructures works on bytevectors which are an abstraction over raw memory in Scheme. The system is in fact more powerful than the C type system, elevating types to first-class status.

There are three methods to install guile-bytestructures 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 guile-bytestructures Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install guile-bytestructures

Install guile-bytestructures Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guile-bytestructures

Install guile-bytestructures 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 guile-bytestructures using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guile-bytestructures

How To Uninstall guile-bytestructures on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the guile-bytestructures package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guile-bytestructures

Uninstall guile-bytestructures And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-bytestructures

Remove guile-bytestructures Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-bytestructures

Remove guile-bytestructures configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-bytestructures

Dependencies

guile-bytestructures have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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