How To Install guix on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guix on Kali Linux.
What is guix
guix is:
Guix is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project??which respects the freedom of computer users.
Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, and more. When used as a standalone distribution, Guix supports declarative system configuration for transparent and reproducible operating systems.
It provides Guile Scheme APIs, including high-level embedded domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to define packages and whole-system configurations.
There are three methods to install guix 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 guix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install guix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guixInstall guix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install guix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guixInstall guix 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install guix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guixHow To Uninstall guix on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the guix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guixUninstall guix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guixRemove guix Configurations and Data
To remove guix configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guixRemove guix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guixDependencies
guix have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guix package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.