How To Install peg on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is peg

peg is:

This package provides peg and leg, two utilities that read a Parsing Expression Grammar (PEG) and generate a recursive-descent parser for it.

Unlike lex and yacc, peg and leg support unlimited backtracking, provide ordered choice as a means for disambiguation, and can combine scanning (lexical analysis) and parsing (syntactic analysis) into a single activity.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install peg

Install peg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install peg

Install peg 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 peg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install peg

How To Uninstall peg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove peg

Uninstall peg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove peg

Remove peg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge peg

Remove peg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge peg

Dependencies

peg have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• peg website

Summary

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