How To Install omniidl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install omniidl on Kali Linux. omniidl is omniORB IDL to C++ and Python compiler

Introduction

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

What is omniidl

omniidl is:

omniORB4 is a freely available Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) 2.6 compliant object request broker (ORB) implementation. It is based on the IIOP communications protocol and should be interoperable with any other CORBA 2.6 compliant ORB.

This includes the idl compiler.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install omniidl

Install omniidl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install omniidl

Install omniidl 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 omniidl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install omniidl

How To Uninstall omniidl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove omniidl

Uninstall omniidl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove omniidl

Remove omniidl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge omniidl

Remove omniidl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge omniidl

Dependencies

omniidl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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