How To Install kyua on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kyua

kyua is:

Kyua is a testing framework for infrastructure software. Kyua features an expressive test suite definition language, a safe runtime engine for test programs, and a powerful report generation engine.

Kyua is able to execute test programs written in different languages, with different testing libraries. The Automated Testing Framework (ATF) is the library of choice, but Test Anything Protocol (TAP) compliant programs, and framework-less test programs can also be executed through Kyua.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kyua

Install kyua Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kyua

Install kyua 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 kyua using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kyua

How To Uninstall kyua on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kyua

Uninstall kyua And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kyua

Remove kyua Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kyua

Remove kyua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kyua

Dependencies

kyua have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• liblutok3
• libsqlite3-0
• libstdc++6

References

• kyua website

Summary

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