How To Install valac-0.48-vapi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install valac-0.48-vapi on Kali Linux.

What is valac-0.48-vapi

valac-0.48-vapi is:

Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.

valac, the Vala compiler, is a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. It uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code. This package also contains the vala-gen-introspect and vapigen binaries that will automatically generate Vala bindings.

This package contains the bundled vapi files, which make some common libraries available for vala development.

There are three methods to install valac-0.48-vapi 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 valac-0.48-vapi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install valac-0.48-vapi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install valac-0.48-vapi

Install valac-0.48-vapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install valac-0.48-vapi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install valac-0.48-vapi

Install valac-0.48-vapi 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 valac-0.48-vapi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install valac-0.48-vapi

How To Uninstall valac-0.48-vapi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the valac-0.48-vapi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove valac-0.48-vapi

Uninstall valac-0.48-vapi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall valac-0.48-vapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove valac-0.48-vapi

Remove valac-0.48-vapi Configurations and Data

To remove valac-0.48-vapi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge valac-0.48-vapi

Remove valac-0.48-vapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove valac-0.48-vapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valac-0.48-vapi

Dependencies

valac-0.48-vapi have the following dependencies:

References

• valac-0.48-vapi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install valac-0.48-vapi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.