How To Install leiningen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is leiningen

leiningen is:

Working on Clojure projects with tools designed for Java can be an exercise in frustration. With Leiningen, you describe your build with Clojure. Leiningen handles fetching dependencies, running tests, packaging your projects and can be easily extended with a number of plugins.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install leiningen

Install leiningen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install leiningen

Install leiningen 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 leiningen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install leiningen

How To Uninstall leiningen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove leiningen

Uninstall leiningen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove leiningen

Remove leiningen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge leiningen

Remove leiningen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge leiningen

Dependencies

leiningen have the following dependencies:

• default-jre-headless

References

• leiningen website

Summary

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