How To Install tup on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tup

tup is:

Tup is a file-based build system for Linux, OSX, and Windows. It takes as input a list of file changes and a directed acyclic graph (DAG). It then processes the DAG to execute the appropriate commands required to update dependent files. Updates are performed with very little overhead since tup implements powerful build algorithms to avoid doing unnecessary work. This means you can stay focused on your project rather than on your build system.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tup

Install tup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tup

Install tup 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 tup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tup

How To Uninstall tup on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tup

Uninstall tup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tup

Remove tup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tup

Remove tup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tup

Dependencies

tup have the following dependencies:

• fuse
• procps
• libc6
• libfuse2
• libpcre3
• libsqlite3-0

References

• tup website

Summary

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