How To Install musl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is musl

musl is:

musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free and strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and safety.

This package contains the shared objects

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install musl

Install musl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install musl

Install musl 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 musl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install musl

How To Uninstall musl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove musl

Uninstall musl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove musl

Remove musl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge musl

Remove musl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge musl

Dependencies

musl have the following dependencies:

References

• musl website

Summary

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