How To Install mes on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mes on Kali Linux. mes is Maxwell Equations of Software

Introduction

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

What is mes

mes is:

GNU Mes aims to help create a full source bootstrap as part of the bootstrappable builds effort. It consists of a mutual self-hosting Scheme interpreter written in C and a Nyacc-based C compiler written in Scheme.

Mes and MesCC can compile a lightly patched TinyCC that is self-hosting.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mes

Install mes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mes

Install mes 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 mes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mes

How To Uninstall mes on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mes

Uninstall mes And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mes

Remove mes Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mes

Remove mes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mes

Dependencies

mes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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