How To Install tclcurl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclcurl on Kali Linux. tclcurl is Tcl bindings to libcurl

Introduction

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

What is tclcurl

tclcurl is:

This module enables the use of libcurl in Tcl scripts. Please refer to the libcurl documentation available in the libcurl4-gnutls-dev package.

NOTE: the SSL support is provided by GnuTLS.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tclcurl

Install tclcurl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tclcurl

Install tclcurl 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 tclcurl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tclcurl

How To Uninstall tclcurl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tclcurl

Uninstall tclcurl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tclcurl

Remove tclcurl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tclcurl

Remove tclcurl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tclcurl

Dependencies

tclcurl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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