How To Install lazarus-2.0 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lazarus-2.0 on Kali Linux.
What is lazarus-2.0
lazarus-2.0 is:
Lazarus is an IDE to create (graphical and console) applications with Free Pascal, the (L)GPLed Pascal and Object Pascal compiler that runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and more.
Lazarus is the missing part of the puzzle that will allow you to develop programs for all of the above platforms in a Delphi-like environment. The IDE is a RAD tool that includes a form designer.
Unlike Java’s “write once, run anywhere” motto, Lazarus and Free Pascal strive for “write once, compile anywhere”. Since the exact same compiler is available on all of the above platforms you don’t need to do any recoding to produce identical products for different platforms.
In short, Lazarus is a free RAD tool for Free Pascal using its Lazarus Component Library (LCL).
This metapackage pulls in all the packages needed to have a typical Lazarus installation.
There are three methods to install lazarus-2.0 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 lazarus-2.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lazarus-2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lazarus-2.0Install lazarus-2.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lazarus-2.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lazarus-2.0Install lazarus-2.0 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lazarus-2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lazarus-2.0How To Uninstall lazarus-2.0 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lazarus-2.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lazarus-2.0Uninstall lazarus-2.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lazarus-2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lazarus-2.0Remove lazarus-2.0 Configurations and Data
To remove lazarus-2.0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lazarus-2.0Remove lazarus-2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lazarus-2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lazarus-2.0Dependencies
lazarus-2.0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lazarus-2.0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
