How To Install inform on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is inform

inform is:

Inform is an object-oriented language for text adventure games which are commonly known as “interactive fiction”. The story files are compiled into a special form of bytecode (Z-code) which can then be run by Z-code interpreters that exist for a multitude of operating systems.

This package contains:

• the Inform compiler
• the Inform standard library
• several user-supplied extensions and modules

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install inform

Install inform Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install inform

Install inform 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 inform using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inform

How To Uninstall inform on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove inform

Uninstall inform And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inform

Remove inform Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge inform

Remove inform configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inform

Dependencies

inform have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• inform website

Summary

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