How To Install gron on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gron

gron is:

gron transforms JSON into discrete assignments to make it easier to grep for what you want and see the absolute ‘path’ to it. gron can read JSON from a local file, over the network, or directly from STDIN.

gron eases the exploration of APIs that return large blobs of JSON but have terrible documentation.

gron can work backwards too, enabling you to turn your filtered data back into JSON.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gron

Install gron Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gron

Install gron 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 gron using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gron

How To Uninstall gron on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gron

Uninstall gron And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gron

Remove gron Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gron

Remove gron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gron

Dependencies

gron have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• gron website

Summary

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