How To Install hsx2hs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hsx2hs on Kali Linux.

What is hsx2hs

hsx2hs is:

HSX (Haskell Source with XML) allows literal XML syntax in Haskell source code. The hsx2hs preprocessor translates .hsx source files into ordinary .hs files. Literal XML syntax is translated into function calls for creating XML values of the appropriate forms. hsx2hs transforms literal XML syntax into a series of function calls. Any project can make use of the syntax by providing definitions for those functions, and the XML values produced will be of the types specified. This works for any types, since hsx2hs doesn’t make any assumptions, or inserts any information depending on types. XMLGenerator defines a few typeclasses that together cover the functions injected by the preprocessor. A project that uses these classes to provide the semantics for the injected syntax will be able to use any functions written in terms of these, allowing better code reusability than if each project defines its own semantics for the XML syntax. Also, the classes makes it possible to use the literal syntax at different types within the same module. Achieving that is not as simple as it may seem, but the XMLGenerator module provides all the necessary machinery.

This contains the hsx2hs executable for preprocessing.

There are three methods to install hsx2hs 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 hsx2hs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hsx2hs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hsx2hs

Install hsx2hs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hsx2hs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hsx2hs

Install hsx2hs 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 hsx2hs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hsx2hs

How To Uninstall hsx2hs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hsx2hs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hsx2hs

Uninstall hsx2hs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hsx2hs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hsx2hs

Remove hsx2hs Configurations and Data

To remove hsx2hs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hsx2hs

Remove hsx2hs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hsx2hs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hsx2hs

Dependencies

hsx2hs have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libffi7
• libgmp10

References

• hsx2hs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hsx2hs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.