How To Install cmake-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmake-data on Kali Linux.

What is cmake-data

cmake-data is:

This package provides CMake architecture independent data files (modules, templates, documentation etc.). Unless you have cmake installed, you probably do not need this package.

There are three methods to install cmake-data 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 cmake-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cmake-data

Install cmake-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cmake-data

Install cmake-data 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 cmake-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cmake-data

How To Uninstall cmake-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cmake-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cmake-data

Uninstall cmake-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmake-data

Remove cmake-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cmake-data

Remove cmake-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmake-data

Dependencies

cmake-data have the following dependencies:

References

• cmake-data website

Summary

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