How To Install smarty-validate on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smarty-validate on Kali Linux.

What is smarty-validate

smarty-validate is:

smarty-validate is a Smarty plugin that makes it easy to handle server-side form validation in PHP pages using the popular PHP templating engine.

There are three methods to install smarty-validate 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 smarty-validate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smarty-validate

Install smarty-validate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smarty-validate

Install smarty-validate 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 smarty-validate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smarty-validate

How To Uninstall smarty-validate on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the smarty-validate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smarty-validate

Uninstall smarty-validate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smarty-validate

Remove smarty-validate Configurations and Data

To remove smarty-validate configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smarty-validate

Remove smarty-validate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smarty-validate

Dependencies

smarty-validate have the following dependencies:

• smarty3

References

• smarty-validate website

Summary

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