Spack is a package manager used to build, install, and manage multiple versions of software on a single system. If you are a developer, you may find the Spack utility very helpful. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps necessary to get Spack installed on Kali Linux latest.
Before we begin, ensure you have a few things in place:
Follow these steps to install Spack on your Kali Linux:
Update your system
Before installing any software, ensure the system is updated by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Install Python
Spack requires Python to work correctly, so ensure Python is installed on the system using the following command:
sudo apt install python3
Install Git
Spack is distributed via Git, so we need to install Git utility.
sudo apt install git
Clone Spack Repository
Spack is available on Github, use the following command to clone it locally:
git clone https://github.com/spack/spack.git
Set Spack Environment
Change directory to the newly cloned repository and initialize Spack environment by running:
cd spack
. ./share/spack/setup-env.sh
Check Spack Installation
Validate Spack is installed properly by running Spack help command:
spack help
Set Spack Path
Add Spack executable path to user's $PATH environment variable using the following command:
echo ". $HOME/spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh" >> ~/.bashrc; source ~/.bashrc
Now that you’ve installed Spack on your Kali Linux machine, you can use this utility to manage your software packages.
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