How To Install lcl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lcl

lcl is:

Lazarus is an IDE to create (graphical and console) applications with Free Pascal, the (L)GPLed Pascal and Object Pascal compiler that runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and more.

Lazarus is the missing part of the puzzle that will allow you to develop programs for all of the above platforms in a Delphi-like environment. The IDE is a RAD tool that includes a form designer.

Unlike Java’s “write once, run anywhere” motto, Lazarus and Free Pascal strive for “write once, compile anywhere”. Since the exact same compiler is available on all of the above platforms you don’t need to do any recoding to produce identical products for different platforms.

In short, Lazarus is a free RAD tool for Free Pascal using its Lazarus Component Library (LCL).

This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the metapackage installing the full LCL and components.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lcl

Install lcl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lcl

Install lcl 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 lcl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lcl

How To Uninstall lcl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lcl

Uninstall lcl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lcl

Remove lcl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lcl

Remove lcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lcl

Dependencies

lcl have the following dependencies:

• lcl-2.0

References

• lcl website

Summary

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