How To Install shelltestrunner on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is shelltestrunner

shelltestrunner is:

shelltestrunner is a cross-platform tool for testing command-line programs (or arbitrary shell commands). It reads simple declarative tests specifying a command, some input, and the expected output, error output and exit status. Tests can be run selectively, in parallel, with a timeout, in color, and/or with differences highlighted.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install shelltestrunner

Install shelltestrunner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install shelltestrunner

Install shelltestrunner 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 shelltestrunner using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shelltestrunner

How To Uninstall shelltestrunner on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove shelltestrunner

Uninstall shelltestrunner And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shelltestrunner

Remove shelltestrunner Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge shelltestrunner

Remove shelltestrunner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shelltestrunner

Dependencies

shelltestrunner have the following dependencies:

• libatomic1
• libc6
• libffi7
• libgmp10

References

• shelltestrunner website

Summary

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