Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-full on Kali Linux.
What is swi-prolog-full
swi-prolog-full is:
SWI-Prolog is a fast and powerful ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog compiler with a
rich set of built-in predicates. It offers a fast, robust and small
environment which enables substantial applications to be developed with it.
SWI-Prolog additionally offers:
- A powerful module system
- Garbage collection
- Unicode character set handling
- Unbounted integer and rational number arithmetic
- Multithreading support
- A powerful C/C++ interface
- GNU Readline interface
This is a metapackage, it installs full SWI-Prolog suit (except tests).
There are three methods to install swi-prolog-full 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 swi-prolog-full Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-full using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swi-prolog-fullInstall swi-prolog-full Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swi-prolog-full using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swi-prolog-fullInstall swi-prolog-full 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 swi-prolog-full using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swi-prolog-full
How To Uninstall swi-prolog-full on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the swi-prolog-full package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swi-prolog-full
Uninstall swi-prolog-full And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swi-prolog-full and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swi-prolog-full
Remove swi-prolog-full Configurations and Data
To remove swi-prolog-full configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swi-prolog-full
Remove swi-prolog-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swi-prolog-full configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swi-prolog-full
Dependencies
swi-prolog-full have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swi-prolog-full package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
