How To Install libowfat0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libowfat0 on Kali Linux.

What is libowfat0

libowfat0 is:

This library is a reimplementation of libdjb, which means that it provides Daniel Bernstein’s interfaces (with some extensions).

It contains wrappers around memory allocation, buffered I/O, routines for formatting and scanning, a full DNS resolver, several socket routines, wrappers for socket functions, mkfifo, opendir, wait, and an abstraction around errno. It also includes wrappers for Unix signal functions and a layer of mmap and sendfile.

This package contains the shared library linked against glibc. The library is also available for use with the diet libc (see libowfat-dietlibc-dev).

There are three methods to install libowfat0 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 libowfat0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libowfat0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libowfat0

Install libowfat0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libowfat0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libowfat0

Install libowfat0 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 libowfat0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libowfat0

How To Uninstall libowfat0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libowfat0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libowfat0

Uninstall libowfat0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libowfat0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libowfat0

Remove libowfat0 Configurations and Data

To remove libowfat0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libowfat0

Remove libowfat0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libowfat0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libowfat0

Dependencies

libowfat0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libowfat0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libowfat0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.