How To Install abicheck on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is abicheck

abicheck is:

ABIcheck is a tool for checking an application’s compliance with a library’s defined Application Binary Interface (ABI). It relies on ABI definition information contained in the library. Example definitions are given for GNOME and glibc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install abicheck

Install abicheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abicheck

Install abicheck 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 abicheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abicheck

How To Uninstall abicheck on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove abicheck

Uninstall abicheck And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abicheck

Remove abicheck Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge abicheck

Remove abicheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abicheck

Dependencies

abicheck have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• abicheck website

Summary

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