How To Install libs6-2.10 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libs6-2.10 on Kali Linux.

What is libs6-2.10

libs6-2.10 is:

s6 is a small suite of programs for UNIX, designed to allow process supervision (a.k.a service supervision), in the line of daemontools and runit, as well as various operations on processes and daemons. It is meant to be a toolbox for low-level process and service administration, providing different sets of independent tools that can be used within or without the framework, and that can be assembled together to achieve powerful functionality with a very small amount of code.

This package contains shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libs6-2.10 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 libs6-2.10 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libs6-2.10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libs6-2.10

Install libs6-2.10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libs6-2.10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libs6-2.10

Install libs6-2.10 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 libs6-2.10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libs6-2.10

How To Uninstall libs6-2.10 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libs6-2.10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libs6-2.10

Uninstall libs6-2.10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libs6-2.10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libs6-2.10

Remove libs6-2.10 Configurations and Data

To remove libs6-2.10 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libs6-2.10

Remove libs6-2.10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libs6-2.10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libs6-2.10

Dependencies

libs6-2.10 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libskarnet2.10

References

• libs6-2.10 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libs6-2.10 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.