How To Install pakcs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pakcs

pakcs is:

PAKCS is an implementation of the multi-paradigm declarative language Curry jointly developed by the Portland State University, the Aachen University of Technology, and the University of Kiel. Although this is not a highly optimized implementation but based on a high-level compilation of Curry programs into Prolog programs, it is not a toy implementation: PAKCS has been used for a variety of applications so far (e.g., graphical programming environments, an object-oriented front-end for Curry, partial evaluators, database applications, HTML programming with dynamic web pages, prototyping embedded systems). The size of all current Curry applications implemented with PAKCS amounts to more than 150,000 lines (or 8 mbytes) of program code.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pakcs

Install pakcs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pakcs

Install pakcs 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 pakcs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pakcs

How To Uninstall pakcs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pakcs

Uninstall pakcs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pakcs

Remove pakcs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pakcs

Remove pakcs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pakcs

Dependencies

pakcs have the following dependencies:

• curry-frontend
• swi-prolog-nox
• lockfile-progs

References

• pakcs website

Summary

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