How To Install guile-library on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-library on Kali Linux. guile-library is Library of useful Guile modules

Introduction

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

What is guile-library

guile-library is:

A set of various-purpose library modules for Guile. Covered areas include:

  • Unit testing framework ala JUnit
  • Logging system
  • String routines (wrapping, completion, soundex algorithm)
  • OS process chains (think “shell pipes in scheme”)
  • ANSI escape sequence text coloring
  • A thread-safe message queue
  • Routines to perform topological sorts
  • Neil Van Dyke’s permissive (“pragmatic”) HTML parser
  • Nifty and concise regular expression routines
  • Classic search functions

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

sudo apt-get -y install guile-library

Install guile-library Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guile-library

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

sudo aptitude -y install guile-library

How To Uninstall guile-library on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove guile-library

Uninstall guile-library And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-library

Remove guile-library Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-library

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

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

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

Dependencies

guile-library have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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