How To Install libmodulemd2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodulemd2 on Kali Linux.

What is libmodulemd2

libmodulemd2 is:

The libmodulemd API provides an interface for handling metadata files describing the modular repositories introduced in the Fedora project and RedHat Enterprise Linux.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libmodulemd2 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 libmodulemd2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmodulemd2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmodulemd2

Install libmodulemd2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmodulemd2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmodulemd2

Install libmodulemd2 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 libmodulemd2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmodulemd2

How To Uninstall libmodulemd2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmodulemd2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmodulemd2

Uninstall libmodulemd2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmodulemd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmodulemd2

Remove libmodulemd2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmodulemd2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmodulemd2

Remove libmodulemd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmodulemd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmodulemd2

Dependencies

libmodulemd2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libmagic1
• librpmio9
• libyaml-0-2

References

• libmodulemd2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodulemd2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.