How To Install libapache2-mod-encoding on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-encoding on Kali Linux.

What is libapache2-mod-encoding

libapache2-mod-encoding is:

This module improves non-ascii filename interoperability of apache (and mod_dav).

It seems many WebDAV clients send filename in its platform-local encoding. But since mod_dav expects everything, even HTTP request line, to be in UTF-8, this causes an interoperability problem.

I believe this is a future issue for specification (RFC?) to standardize encoding used in HTTP request-line and HTTP header, but life would be much easier if mod_dav (and others) can handle various encodings sent by clients, TODAY. This module does just that.

There are three methods to install libapache2-mod-encoding 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 libapache2-mod-encoding Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-encoding using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-mod-encoding

Install libapache2-mod-encoding Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-mod-encoding using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapache2-mod-encoding

Install libapache2-mod-encoding 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 libapache2-mod-encoding using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-mod-encoding

How To Uninstall libapache2-mod-encoding on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libapache2-mod-encoding package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapache2-mod-encoding

Uninstall libapache2-mod-encoding And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapache2-mod-encoding and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-mod-encoding

Remove libapache2-mod-encoding Configurations and Data

To remove libapache2-mod-encoding configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-mod-encoding

Remove libapache2-mod-encoding configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapache2-mod-encoding configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-mod-encoding

Dependencies

libapache2-mod-encoding have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libiconv-hook1
• apache2-api-20120211
• apache2-bin

References

• libapache2-mod-encoding website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-mod-encoding package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.