How To Install nim on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is nim

nim is:

Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language that generates native code via compilation to C. It provides a non-tracing GC, high level datatypes and local type inference, and bindings to a lot of C libraries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nim

Install nim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nim

Install nim 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 nim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nim

How To Uninstall nim on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nim

Uninstall nim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nim

Remove nim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nim

Remove nim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nim

Dependencies

nim have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1

References

• nim website

Summary

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