How To Install haskell-devscripts on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-devscripts on Kali Linux.
What is haskell-devscripts
haskell-devscripts is:
This package provides a collection of scripts to help build Haskell packages for Debian. Unlike haskell-utils, this package is not expected to be installed on the machines of end users.
This package is designed to support Cabalized Haskell libraries. It is designed to build a library for each supported Debian compiler or interpreter, generate appropriate postinst/prerm files for each one, generate appropriate substvars entries for each one, and install the package in the Debian temporary area as part of the build process.
This package is actually an empty package and is only useful for its dependency on hscolour.
There are three methods to install haskell-devscripts 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 haskell-devscripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install haskell-devscripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install haskell-devscriptsInstall haskell-devscripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install haskell-devscripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install haskell-devscriptsInstall haskell-devscripts 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 haskell-devscripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install haskell-devscriptsHow To Uninstall haskell-devscripts on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the haskell-devscripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove haskell-devscriptsUninstall haskell-devscripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall haskell-devscripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove haskell-devscriptsRemove haskell-devscripts Configurations and Data
To remove haskell-devscripts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge haskell-devscriptsRemove haskell-devscripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove haskell-devscripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge haskell-devscriptsDependencies
haskell-devscripts have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install haskell-devscripts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.