How To Install icecc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install icecc on Kali Linux. icecc is distributed compiler (client and server)

Introduction

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

What is icecc

icecc is:

icecc (also known as Icecream) is a distributed compile system. It allows parallel compiling by distributing the compile jobs to several nodes of a compile network running the icecc daemon. The icecc scheduler routes the jobs and provides status and statistics information to the icecc monitor.

Each compile node can accept one or more compile jobs depending on the number of processors and the settings of the daemon. Link jobs and other jobs which cannot be distributed are executed locally on the node where the compilation is started.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install icecc

Install icecc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install icecc

Install icecc 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 icecc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install icecc

How To Uninstall icecc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove icecc

Uninstall icecc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icecc

Remove icecc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge icecc

Remove icecc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icecc

Dependencies

icecc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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