How To Install rexical on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rexical

rexical is:

Rexical is a lexical scanner generator that is used with Racc to generate Ruby programs. Rexical is written in Ruby.

Racc is a LALR(1) parser generator that is also written in Ruby.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rexical

Install rexical Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rexical

Install rexical 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 rexical using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rexical

How To Uninstall rexical on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rexical

Uninstall rexical And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rexical

Remove rexical Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rexical

Remove rexical configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rexical

Dependencies

rexical have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• rexical website

Summary

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