How To Install libbroker2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbroker2 on Kali Linux.

What is libbroker2

libbroker2 is:

The Broker library implements Bro’s high-level communication patterns:

• remote logging
• remote events
• distributed data stores

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libbroker2 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 libbroker2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbroker2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbroker2

Install libbroker2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbroker2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbroker2

Install libbroker2 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 libbroker2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbroker2

How To Uninstall libbroker2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbroker2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbroker2

Uninstall libbroker2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbroker2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbroker2

Remove libbroker2 Configurations and Data

To remove libbroker2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbroker2

Remove libbroker2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbroker2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbroker2

Dependencies

libbroker2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcaf-core0.17
• libcaf-io0.17
• libcaf-openssl0.17
• libgcc-s1
• libsqlite3-0
• libstdc++6

References

• libbroker2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbroker2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.