How To Install android-libetc1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install android-libetc1 on Kali Linux.

What is android-libetc1

android-libetc1 is:

Ericsson Texture Compression (ETC) is a lossy texture compression technique developed in collaboration with Ericsson Research in early 2005. libETC1 provides the encoding and decoding of ETC1 compression algorithm.

There are three methods to install android-libetc1 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 android-libetc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install android-libetc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install android-libetc1

Install android-libetc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install android-libetc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install android-libetc1

Install android-libetc1 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 android-libetc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install android-libetc1

How To Uninstall android-libetc1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the android-libetc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove android-libetc1

Uninstall android-libetc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall android-libetc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove android-libetc1

Remove android-libetc1 Configurations and Data

To remove android-libetc1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge android-libetc1

Remove android-libetc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove android-libetc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge android-libetc1

Dependencies

android-libetc1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• android-libetc1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install android-libetc1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.