How To Install lbzip2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbzip2 on Kali Linux.

What is lbzip2

lbzip2 is:

lbzip2 is an independent, multi-threaded implementation of bzip2. It is commonly the fastest SMP (and uniprocessor) bzip2 compressor and decompressor.

lbzip2 integrates nicely with GNU tar.

There are three methods to install lbzip2 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 lbzip2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lbzip2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lbzip2

Install lbzip2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lbzip2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lbzip2

Install lbzip2 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 lbzip2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lbzip2

How To Uninstall lbzip2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lbzip2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lbzip2

Uninstall lbzip2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lbzip2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lbzip2

Remove lbzip2 Configurations and Data

To remove lbzip2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lbzip2

Remove lbzip2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lbzip2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lbzip2

Dependencies

lbzip2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lbzip2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbzip2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.