How To Install kodi-vfs-libarchive on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-vfs-libarchive on Kali Linux.
What is kodi-vfs-libarchive
kodi-vfs-libarchive is:
This is a Kodi VFS addon to support archives.
From libarchive description: Archive formats supported are:
* tar (read and write, including GNU extensions)
* pax (read and write, including GNU and star extensions)
* cpio (read and write, including odc and newc variants)
* iso9660 (read and write, including Joliet and Rockridge extensions, with
some limitations)
* zip (read only, with some limitations, uses zlib)
* mtree (read and write)
* shar (write only)
* ar (read and write, including BSD and GNU/SysV variants)
* empty (read only; in particular, note that no other format will accept an
empty file)
* raw (read only)
* xar (read only)
* rar (read only, with some limitations)
* 7zip (read and write, with some limitations)
Filters supported are:
* gzip (read and write, uses zlib)
* bzip2 (read and write, uses bzlib)
* compress (read and write, uses an internal implementation)
* uudecode (read only)
* separate command-line compressors with fixed-signature auto-detection
* xz and lzma (read and write using liblzma)
* zstandard (read and write using libzstd)
There are three methods to install kodi-vfs-libarchive 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 kodi-vfs-libarchive Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kodi-vfs-libarchive using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kodi-vfs-libarchiveInstall kodi-vfs-libarchive Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kodi-vfs-libarchive using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kodi-vfs-libarchiveInstall kodi-vfs-libarchive 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kodi-vfs-libarchive using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kodi-vfs-libarchiveHow To Uninstall kodi-vfs-libarchive on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kodi-vfs-libarchive package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kodi-vfs-libarchiveUninstall kodi-vfs-libarchive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kodi-vfs-libarchive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kodi-vfs-libarchiveRemove kodi-vfs-libarchive Configurations and Data
To remove kodi-vfs-libarchive configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kodi-vfs-libarchiveRemove kodi-vfs-libarchive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kodi-vfs-libarchive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kodi-vfs-libarchiveDependencies
kodi-vfs-libarchive have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kodi-vfs-libarchive package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
