How To Install spin on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is spin

spin is:

Spin is a popular open-source software verification tool, used by thousands of people worldwide. The tool can be used for the formal verification of multi-threaded software applications. The tool was developed at Bell Labs in the Unix group of the Computing Sciences Research Center, starting in 1980.

The software has been available freely since 1991, and continues to evolve to keep pace with new developments.

In April 2002 the tool was awarded the ACM System Software Award.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spin

Install spin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spin

Install spin 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 spin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spin

How To Uninstall spin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spin

Uninstall spin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spin

Remove spin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spin

Remove spin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spin

Dependencies

spin have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• spin website

Summary

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