How To Install smlnj on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is smlnj

smlnj is:

SML/NJ is an implementation of the Standard ML programming language. Standard ML has many features, including type safety, polymorphism, algebraic data types with pattern matching, higher-order functions, and a sophisticated module system. It is especially well-suited for writing compilers and other language processors.

This package includes the interactive compiler (sml), the compilation manager (CM), and some essential libraries. It is a “working” version, but believed to be stable.

Install this package if you want to program in SML.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smlnj

Install smlnj Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smlnj

Install smlnj 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 smlnj using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smlnj

How To Uninstall smlnj on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove smlnj

Uninstall smlnj And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smlnj

Remove smlnj Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smlnj

Remove smlnj configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smlnj

Dependencies

smlnj have the following dependencies:

• smlnj-runtime

References

• smlnj website

Summary

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