How To Install bazel-bootstrap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-bootstrap on Kali Linux. bazel-bootstrap is Tool to automate software builds and tests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bazel-bootstrap on Kali Linux.

What is `bazel-bootstrap`

bazel-bootstrap is:

Supported build tasks include running compilers and linkers to produce
executable programs and libraries, and assembling deployable packages
for Android, iOS and other target environments. Bazel is similar to
other tools like Make, Ant, Gradle, Buck, Pants and Maven.

This package contains the bootstrap variant of Bazel and should only be
used on systems that do not have the full version of Bazel built yet.

There are three methods to install bazel-bootstrap 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 bazel-bootstrap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bazel-bootstrap

Install bazel-bootstrap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bazel-bootstrap

Install bazel-bootstrap 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 bazel-bootstrap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bazel-bootstrap

How To Uninstall bazel-bootstrap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bazel-bootstrap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bazel-bootstrap

Uninstall bazel-bootstrap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bazel-bootstrap

Remove bazel-bootstrap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bazel-bootstrap

Remove bazel-bootstrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bazel-bootstrap

Dependencies

bazel-bootstrap have the following dependencies:

References

bazel-bootstrap website

Summary

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