How To Install reprozip on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is reprozip

reprozip is:

ReproZip is a tool aimed at simplifying the process of creating reproducible experiments from command-line executions, a frequently-used common denominator in computational science.

It tracks operating system calls and creates a package that contains all the binaries, files and dependencies required to run a given command on the author??s computational environment (packing step). A reviewer can then extract the experiment in his environment to reproduce the results (unpacking step).

This package provides the ReproZip packer.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install reprozip

Install reprozip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install reprozip

Install reprozip 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 reprozip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install reprozip

How To Uninstall reprozip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove reprozip

Uninstall reprozip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove reprozip

Remove reprozip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge reprozip

Remove reprozip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reprozip

Dependencies

reprozip have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• reprozip website

Summary

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