How To Install libboinc-app7 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboinc-app7 on Kali Linux.
What is libboinc-app7
libboinc-app7 is:
The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources.
This package contains dynamic libraries that are needed for applications which utilizes the BOINC infrastructure and the boinc-client itself.
There are three methods to install libboinc-app7 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 libboinc-app7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libboinc-app7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libboinc-app7Install libboinc-app7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libboinc-app7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libboinc-app7Install libboinc-app7 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libboinc-app7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libboinc-app7How To Uninstall libboinc-app7 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libboinc-app7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libboinc-app7Uninstall libboinc-app7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libboinc-app7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libboinc-app7Remove libboinc-app7 Configurations and Data
To remove libboinc-app7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libboinc-app7Remove libboinc-app7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libboinc-app7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libboinc-app7Dependencies
libboinc-app7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libboinc-app7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.