How To Install hy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hy on Kali Linux. hy is Lisp (s-expression) based frontend to Python (metapackage)

Introduction

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

What is hy

hy is:

Hy is a wonderful dialect of Lisp that’s embedded in Python.

Since Hy transforms its Lisp code into the Python Abstract Syntax Tree, you have the whole beautiful world of Python at your fingertips, in Lisp form!

This package is here for future installability. This is the stable interface to install the `hy’ language.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hy

Install hy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hy

Install hy 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 hy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hy

How To Uninstall hy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hy

Uninstall hy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hy

Remove hy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hy

Remove hy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hy

Dependencies

hy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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