How To Install varlink-go on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install varlink-go on Kali Linux. varlink-go is Varlink interface generator utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install varlink-go on Kali Linux.

varlink-go is:

Utility to generate Varlink interfaces.

There are three methods to install varlink-go 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.

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install varlink-go

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install varlink-go

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 varlink-go using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install varlink-go

To uninstall only the varlink-go package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove varlink-go

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove varlink-go

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

sudo apt-get -y purge varlink-go

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge varlink-go

Dependencies

varlink-go have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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