How To Install libcdt5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdt5 on Kali Linux.

What is libcdt5

libcdt5 is:

Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.

This package contains the cdt library.

There are three methods to install libcdt5 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 libcdt5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcdt5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcdt5

Install libcdt5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcdt5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcdt5

Install libcdt5 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 libcdt5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcdt5

How To Uninstall libcdt5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcdt5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcdt5

Uninstall libcdt5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcdt5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdt5

Remove libcdt5 Configurations and Data

To remove libcdt5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcdt5

Remove libcdt5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcdt5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdt5

Dependencies

libcdt5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libcdt5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdt5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.