How To Install cvise on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cvise on Kali Linux. cvise is super-parallel Python port of the C-Reduce project

Introduction

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

What is cvise

cvise is:

C-Vise is a tool that takes a large C, C++ or OpenCL program that has a property of interest (such as triggering a compiler bug) and automatically produces a much smaller C/C++ or OpenCL program that has the same property. It is intended for use by people who discover and report bugs in compilers and other tools that process C/C++ or OpenCL code.

NOTE: C-Vise happens to do a pretty good job reducing the size of programs in languages other than C/C++, such as JavaScript and Rust. If you need to reduce programs in some other language, please give it a try.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cvise

Install cvise Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cvise

Install cvise 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 cvise using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cvise

How To Uninstall cvise on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cvise

Uninstall cvise And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cvise

Remove cvise Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cvise

Remove cvise configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cvise

Dependencies

cvise have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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