How To Install libmpack0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpack0 on Kali Linux.

What is libmpack0

libmpack0 is:

libmpack is a small binary serialization/RPC library that implements both the msgpack and msgpack-rpc specifications.

Differences from msgpack-c:

• Callback-based API to simplify (de)serialization directly to/from application-specific objects.
• C89 compatible code
• No allocation performed by the library, but helpers to simplify dynamic allocation if the application needs it.
• Non-backtracking, incremental/iterative parse/serialization API

There are three methods to install libmpack0 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 libmpack0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpack0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmpack0

Install libmpack0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmpack0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmpack0

Install libmpack0 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 libmpack0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmpack0

How To Uninstall libmpack0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmpack0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmpack0

Uninstall libmpack0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmpack0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpack0

Remove libmpack0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmpack0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpack0

Remove libmpack0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmpack0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmpack0

Dependencies

libmpack0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libmpack0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpack0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.