How To Install noweb on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is noweb

noweb is:

noweb is designed to meet the needs of literate programmers while remaining as simple as possible. Its primary advantages are simplicity, extensibility, and language-independence.

The noweb manual is only 3 pages; an additional page explains how to customize its LaTeX output. noweb works ``out of the box’’ with any programming language, and supports TeX, LaTeX, and HTML back ends.

The primary sacrifice relative to WEB is that code is not prettyprinted.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install noweb

Install noweb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install noweb

Install noweb 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 noweb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install noweb

How To Uninstall noweb on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove noweb

Uninstall noweb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove noweb

Remove noweb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge noweb

Remove noweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge noweb

Dependencies

noweb have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• tex-common
• gawk
• iconx

References

• noweb website

Summary

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