How To Install libclips on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libclips

libclips is:

CLIPS is an OPS-like forward chaining production system written in ANSI C by NASA. The CLIPS inference engine includes truth maintenance, dynamic rule addition, and customizable conflict resolution strategies.

CLIPS, including the runtime version, is easily embeddable in other applications. CLIPS includes an object-oriented language called COOL (CLIPS Object-Oriented Language) which is directly integrated with the inference engine.

This package installs the required shared libraries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libclips

Install libclips Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libclips

Install libclips 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 libclips using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclips

How To Uninstall libclips on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libclips

Uninstall libclips And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclips

Remove libclips Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libclips

Remove libclips configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclips

Dependencies

libclips have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libclips website

Summary

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