How To Install libgv-guile on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-guile on Kali Linux. libgv-guile is Guile bindings for graphviz

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-guile on Kali Linux.

What is libgv-guile

libgv-guile is:

Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.

This package contains the guile (3.0) bindings.

There are three methods to install libgv-guile 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 libgv-guile Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgv-guile

Install libgv-guile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgv-guile

Install libgv-guile 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 libgv-guile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgv-guile

How To Uninstall libgv-guile on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgv-guile package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgv-guile

Uninstall libgv-guile And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgv-guile

Remove libgv-guile Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgv-guile

Remove libgv-guile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgv-guile

Dependencies

libgv-guile have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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