How To Install ldc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ldc

ldc is:

LDC is a portable compiler for the D programming language with modern optimization and code generation capabilities.

It uses the official DMD compiler frontend to support the latest version of D, and relies on the LLVM Core libraries for code generation.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ldc

Install ldc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ldc

Install ldc 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 ldc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ldc

How To Uninstall ldc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ldc

Uninstall ldc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldc

Remove ldc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ldc

Remove ldc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldc

Dependencies

ldc have the following dependencies:

• libphobos2-ldc-shared-dev

References

• ldc website

Summary

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