How To Install swi-prolog-core-packages on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-core-packages on Kali Linux. swi-prolog-core-packages is ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog interpreter - core packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-core-packages on Kali Linux.

What is swi-prolog-core-packages

swi-prolog-core-packages is:

SWI-Prolog is a fast and powerful ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog compiler with a rich set of built-in predicates. It offers a fast, robust and small environment which enables substantial applications to be developed with it.

SWI-Prolog additionally offers:

  • A powerful module system
  • Garbage collection
  • Unicode character set handling
  • Unbounted integer and rational number arithmetic
  • Multithreading support
  • A powerful C/C++ interface
  • GNU Readline interface

This package contains a working SWI-Prolog core packages.

There are three methods to install swi-prolog-core-packages 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 swi-prolog-core-packages Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-core-packages using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install swi-prolog-core-packages

Install swi-prolog-core-packages Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-core-packages using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install swi-prolog-core-packages

Install swi-prolog-core-packages 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 swi-prolog-core-packages using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swi-prolog-core-packages

How To Uninstall swi-prolog-core-packages on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the swi-prolog-core-packages package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove swi-prolog-core-packages

Uninstall swi-prolog-core-packages And Its Dependencies

To uninstall swi-prolog-core-packages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swi-prolog-core-packages

Remove swi-prolog-core-packages Configurations and Data

To remove swi-prolog-core-packages configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge swi-prolog-core-packages

Remove swi-prolog-core-packages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove swi-prolog-core-packages configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swi-prolog-core-packages

Dependencies

swi-prolog-core-packages have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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