How To Install ml-lex on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ml-lex on Kali Linux.

What is ml-lex

ml-lex is:

Lexical analysis is the problem of segmenting input into words and recognizing different classes of words. ml-lex uses regular expressions to describe classes of words. It transforms a simple declarative language specification into an efficient SML program for analyzing that language.

Install this package if you want to produce a lexer in Standard ML.

There are three methods to install ml-lex 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 ml-lex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ml-lex

Install ml-lex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ml-lex

Install ml-lex 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 ml-lex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ml-lex

How To Uninstall ml-lex on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ml-lex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ml-lex

Uninstall ml-lex And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ml-lex

Remove ml-lex Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ml-lex

Remove ml-lex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ml-lex

Dependencies

ml-lex have the following dependencies:

• smlnj-runtime

References

• ml-lex website

Summary

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