How To Install libbfio1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbfio1 on Kali Linux.

What is libbfio1

libbfio1 is:

Libbfio is a library to provide basic file input/output abstraction. It is used in multiple other libraries like libewf, libmsiecf, libnk2, libolecf and libpff. It is used to chain I/O to support file-in-file access.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libbfio1 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 libbfio1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbfio1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbfio1

Install libbfio1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbfio1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbfio1

Install libbfio1 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 libbfio1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbfio1

How To Uninstall libbfio1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbfio1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbfio1

Uninstall libbfio1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbfio1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbfio1

Remove libbfio1 Configurations and Data

To remove libbfio1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbfio1

Remove libbfio1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbfio1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbfio1

Dependencies

libbfio1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libbfio1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbfio1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.