How To Install xotcl-shells on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xotcl-shells on Kali Linux.

What is xotcl-shells

xotcl-shells is:

This package provides you with two Tcl/Tk shell wrappers, xotclsh and xowish. These shells offer ready-made environments for XOTcl-empowered scripting.

There are three methods to install xotcl-shells 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 xotcl-shells Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xotcl-shells

Install xotcl-shells Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xotcl-shells

Install xotcl-shells 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 xotcl-shells using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xotcl-shells

How To Uninstall xotcl-shells on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xotcl-shells package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xotcl-shells

Uninstall xotcl-shells And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xotcl-shells

Remove xotcl-shells Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xotcl-shells

Remove xotcl-shells configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xotcl-shells

Dependencies

xotcl-shells have the following dependencies:

• xotcl
• libc6
• libtcl8.6
• libtk8.6

References

• xotcl-shells website

Summary

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