How To Install octave-cgi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-cgi on Kali Linux. octave-cgi is Common Gateway Interface for Octave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-cgi on Kali Linux.

What is octave-cgi

octave-cgi is:

This package allow the creation of CGI (Common Gateway Interface) objects and the parsing of CGI query string from GET or POST requests.

This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.

There are three methods to install octave-cgi 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 octave-cgi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-cgi

Install octave-cgi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-cgi

Install octave-cgi 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 octave-cgi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-cgi

How To Uninstall octave-cgi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the octave-cgi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove octave-cgi

Uninstall octave-cgi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-cgi

Remove octave-cgi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-cgi

Remove octave-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-cgi

Dependencies

octave-cgi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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