How To Install ksh on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksh
on Kali Linux.
What is ksh
ksh is:
Ksh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) that is intended for both interactive and shell script use. Its command language is a superset of the sh(1) shell language.
The 1993 version adds a number of new, mostly scripting related, features over the 1988 version that is typically distributed with commercial UNIX variants. For example, it has lexical scoping, compound variables, associative arrays, named references and floating point math.
The shcomp tool can be used to compile ksh scripts into a binary format.
There are three methods to install ksh
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 ksh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ksh
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install ksh Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install ksh
using apt
by running the following command:
Install ksh 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.
After updating apt database, We can install ksh
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall ksh on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ksh
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall ksh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ksh
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove ksh Configurations and Data
To remove ksh
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove ksh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ksh
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
ksh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ksh
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.