How To Install kas on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kas on Kali Linux. kas is Setup tool for bitbake based projects

Introduction

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

What is kas

kas is:

This tool provides an easy mechanism to setup bitbake based projects. kas is using a project configuration file and does the download and configuration phase

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kas

Install kas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kas

Install kas 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 kas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kas

How To Uninstall kas on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kas

Uninstall kas And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kas

Remove kas Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kas

Remove kas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kas

Dependencies

kas have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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