How To Install tcl-trf on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-trf on Kali Linux. tcl-trf is Tcl data transformations - runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-trf on Kali Linux.

What is tcl-trf

tcl-trf is:

Trf is an extension to Tcl which provides various data transformations. The collection of provided transformation procedures includes:

  • generation of message digests (hash values, checksums): MD2, MD5, SHA/SHS, SHA-1, HAVAL, RIPEMD-128, -160, CRC (polynomial used by PGP), Adler (based upon zlib);
  • conversion to and from various data encodings: uuencoding, base64-encoding, or ASCII85-encoding, and binary, octal, or hexadecimal representation;
  • an error-correcting Reed-Solomon encoder/decoder;
  • compression/decompression based on zlib and libbz2.

This package contains the runtime library to be used in Tcl programs.

There are three methods to install tcl-trf 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 tcl-trf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcl-trf

Install tcl-trf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcl-trf

Install tcl-trf 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 tcl-trf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcl-trf

How To Uninstall tcl-trf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tcl-trf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tcl-trf

Uninstall tcl-trf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-trf

Remove tcl-trf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-trf

Remove tcl-trf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-trf

Dependencies

tcl-trf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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