How To Install makeparallel on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is makeparallel

makeparallel is:

makeparallel communicates with the GNU make jobserver in order to claim all available jobs, and then passes the number of jobs claimed to a subprocess with -j.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install makeparallel

Install makeparallel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install makeparallel

Install makeparallel 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 makeparallel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install makeparallel

How To Uninstall makeparallel on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove makeparallel

Uninstall makeparallel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove makeparallel

Remove makeparallel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge makeparallel

Remove makeparallel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makeparallel

Dependencies

makeparallel have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• makeparallel website

Summary

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