How To Install tclws on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tclws on Kali Linux. tclws is Tcl Web Services

Introduction

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

What is tclws

tclws is:

The package provides a Tcl implementation of both client side access to Web Services and server side creation of Web Services. Currently only document/literal and rpc/encoded with HTTP Soap transport are supported on the client side. The server side code currently works with several web servers

- TclHttpd
- Apache with Rivet (Debian package libapache2-mod-rivet)
- AOLserver (Debian package aolserver4)
- WUB
- wibble
- Microsoft Internet Information Server

The server side code can also be embedded in other application (see Tcl Web services provide all services as document/literal over HTTP Soap transport. The package ships also HTML documentation and coding examples

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tclws

Install tclws Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tclws

Install tclws 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 tclws using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tclws

How To Uninstall tclws on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tclws

Uninstall tclws And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tclws

Remove tclws Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tclws

Remove tclws configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tclws

Dependencies

tclws have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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