How To Install abigail-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abigail-tools on Kali Linux.

What is abigail-tools

abigail-tools is:

This is an interface to the GNU Compiler Collection for the collection
and analysis of compiler-generated binaries.

This package contains the tools.

There are three methods to install abigail-tools 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 abigail-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install abigail-tools

Install abigail-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abigail-tools

Install abigail-tools 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 abigail-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abigail-tools

How To Uninstall abigail-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the abigail-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove abigail-tools

Uninstall abigail-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abigail-tools

Remove abigail-tools Configurations and Data

To remove abigail-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge abigail-tools

Remove abigail-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abigail-tools

Dependencies

abigail-tools have the following dependencies:

• libabigail0
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• abigail-tools website

Summary

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