How To Install zeroc-icebox on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zeroc-icebox on Kali Linux.

What is zeroc-icebox

zeroc-icebox is:

This package contains the IceBox server, an easy-to-use framework for developing and deploying application services.

Ice is a comprehensive RPC framework that helps you network your software with minimal effort. Ice takes care of all interactions with low-level network programming interfaces and allows you to focus your efforts on your application logic.

There are three methods to install zeroc-icebox 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 zeroc-icebox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zeroc-icebox

Install zeroc-icebox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zeroc-icebox

Install zeroc-icebox 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 zeroc-icebox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zeroc-icebox

How To Uninstall zeroc-icebox on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zeroc-icebox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zeroc-icebox

Uninstall zeroc-icebox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zeroc-icebox

Remove zeroc-icebox Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zeroc-icebox

Remove zeroc-icebox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zeroc-icebox

Dependencies

zeroc-icebox have the following dependencies:

• libzeroc-ice3.7
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• zeroc-icebox website

Summary

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