How To Install cvsup.tdf on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install fpc

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is cvsup.tdf and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install cvsup.tdf on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install cvsup.tdf using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install cvsup.tdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fpc

Install cvsup.tdf using apt

Because cvsup.tdf is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install cvsup.tdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fpc

Install cvsup.tdf using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptitude database, You can install cvsup.tdf by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fpc

How to upgrade (update) a single package cvsup.tdf using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the cvsup.tdf, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install fpc

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install fpc

How To Uninstall cvsup.tdf from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cvsup.tdf package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fpc

Uninstall cvsup.tdf and all its dependencies

To uninstall cvsup.tdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fpc

Remove cvsup.tdf with all configurations and data

To remove cvsup.tdf configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fpc

Remove cvsup.tdf completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to cvsup.tdf package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fpc

Extra info and code examples

The Free Pascal Compiler is an Object Pascal compiler supporting both Delphi and Turbo Pascal 7.0 dialects, as well as Mac Pascal dialects. It provides a completely portable RunTime Library (RTL) available on many platforms and compatible with Turbo Pascal, along with a platform-independent class-based Free Component Library (FCL) adding many Delphi extensions and interfacing with many popular open source libraries. Extensions have been added to the language, such as function overloading, creation and linking of shared libraries, and Delphi language extensions including classes, exceptions, ANSI strings, and open arrays. This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the metapackage pulling in all the FPC packages provided for this architecture. Experienced users may instead prefer to install the particular packages they require by hand.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install cvsup.tdf using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the cvsup.tdf from Kali Linux.

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