How To Install yabasic on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install yabasic on Kali Linux. yabasic is Yet Another BASIC interpreter

Introduction

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

What is yabasic

yabasic is:

Yabasic is a traditional basic-interpreter. It comes with goto and various loops and allows one to define subroutines and libraries. It does simple graphics and printing. Yabasic can call out to libraries written in C and allows one to create standalone programs. Yabasic runs under Unix and Windows and has comprehensive documentation; it is small, simple, open-source and free.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yabasic

Install yabasic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yabasic

Install yabasic 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 yabasic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yabasic

How To Uninstall yabasic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove yabasic

Uninstall yabasic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yabasic

Remove yabasic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yabasic

Remove yabasic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yabasic

Dependencies

yabasic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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