How To Install gyp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gyp
on Kali Linux.
What is gyp
gyp is:
GYP (Generate Your Projects) is a tool to generate native Visual Studio, Xcode, SCons and make build files from a description of a project in a simple JSON-inspired format. Its syntax is a universal cross-platform build representation that still allows sufficient per-platform flexibility to accommodate irreconcilable differences.
There are three methods to install gyp
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 gyp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install gyp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install gyp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install gyp
using apt
by running the following command:
Install gyp 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.
After updating apt database, We can install gyp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall gyp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gyp
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall gyp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gyp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove gyp Configurations and Data
To remove gyp
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove gyp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gyp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
gyp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gyp
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.