How To Install php-console-commandline on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-console-commandline on Kali Linux. php-console-commandline is A full featured command line options and arguments parser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-console-commandline on Kali Linux.

What is php-console-commandline

php-console-commandline is:

Console_CommandLine is a full featured package for managing command-line options and arguments highly inspired from python optparse module, it allows the developer to easily build complex command line interfaces.

Main features:

  • handles sub commands (ie. $ myscript.php -q subcommand -f file),
  • can be completely built from an xml definition file,
  • generate –help and –version options automatically,
  • can be completely customized,
  • builtin support for i18n,
  • and much more…

There are three methods to install php-console-commandline 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 php-console-commandline Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-console-commandline

Install php-console-commandline Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-console-commandline using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-console-commandline

Install php-console-commandline 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 php-console-commandline using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-console-commandline

How To Uninstall php-console-commandline on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-console-commandline package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-console-commandline

Uninstall php-console-commandline And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-console-commandline

Remove php-console-commandline Configurations and Data

To remove php-console-commandline configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-console-commandline

Remove php-console-commandline configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-console-commandline configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-console-commandline

Dependencies

php-console-commandline have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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