How To Install libchicken-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken-dev on Kali Linux. libchicken-dev is Practical and portable Scheme system - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libchicken-dev

libchicken-dev is:

CHICKEN is a Scheme compiler which compiles a subset of R5RS into C. It uses the ideas presented in Baker’s paper “Cheney on the MTA”, and has a small core and is easily extendable.

This package contains the header file and static library for developing with chicken.

There are three methods to install libchicken-dev 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 libchicken-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libchicken-dev

Install libchicken-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libchicken-dev

Install libchicken-dev 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 libchicken-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libchicken-dev

How To Uninstall libchicken-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libchicken-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libchicken-dev

Uninstall libchicken-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchicken-dev

Remove libchicken-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libchicken-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libchicken-dev

Remove libchicken-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchicken-dev

Dependencies

libchicken-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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