How To Install libaudit-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaudit-common on Kali Linux.

What is libaudit-common

libaudit-common is:

The audit-libs package contains the dynamic libraries needed for applications to use the audit framework. It is used to monitor systems for security related events.

This package contains the libaudit.conf configuration file and the associated manpage.

There are three methods to install libaudit-common 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 libaudit-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libaudit-common

Install libaudit-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libaudit-common

Install libaudit-common 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 libaudit-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaudit-common

How To Uninstall libaudit-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaudit-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaudit-common

Uninstall libaudit-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaudit-common

Remove libaudit-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libaudit-common

Remove libaudit-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaudit-common

Dependencies

libaudit-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libaudit-common website

Summary

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