How To Install libaec-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaec-tools on Kali Linux. libaec-tools is Adaptive Entropy Coding library (utilies)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaec-tools on Kali Linux.

What is libaec-tools

libaec-tools is:

Libaec provides fast lossless compression of 1 up to 32 bit wide signed or unsigned integers (samples).

This package provides the aec compression utility.

There are three methods to install libaec-tools 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 libaec-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libaec-tools

Install libaec-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libaec-tools

Install libaec-tools 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 libaec-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaec-tools

How To Uninstall libaec-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaec-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaec-tools

Uninstall libaec-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaec-tools

Remove libaec-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libaec-tools

Remove libaec-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaec-tools

Dependencies

libaec-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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