How To Install musl-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is musl-tools

musl-tools is:

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

This package contains the gcc spec file and the musl-gcc wrapper script to make easy-to-deploy static and minimal dynamically linked programs.

There are three methods to install musl-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install musl-tools

Install musl-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install musl-tools

Install musl-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install musl-tools

How To Uninstall musl-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove musl-tools

Uninstall musl-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove musl-tools

Remove musl-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge musl-tools

Remove musl-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge musl-tools

Dependencies

musl-tools have the following dependencies:

• musl-dev
• gcc

References

• musl-tools website

Summary

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