How To Install libcfg7 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfg7 on Kali Linux. libcfg7 is cluster engine CFG library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfg7 on Kali Linux.

What is libcfg7

libcfg7 is:

The Corosync Cluster Engine is a Group Communication System with additional features for implementing high availability within applications. The project provides four C Application Programming Interface features:

  • A closed process group communication model with virtual synchrony guarantees for creating replicated state machines.
  • A simple availability manager that restarts the application process when it has failed.
  • A configuration and statistics in-memory database that provide the ability to set, retrieve, and receive change notifications of information.
  • A quorum system that notifies applications when quorum is achieved or lost.

This package contains the CFG library.

There are three methods to install libcfg7 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 libcfg7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcfg7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcfg7

Install libcfg7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcfg7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcfg7

Install libcfg7 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 libcfg7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcfg7

How To Uninstall libcfg7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcfg7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcfg7

Uninstall libcfg7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcfg7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfg7

Remove libcfg7 Configurations and Data

To remove libcfg7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcfg7

Remove libcfg7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcfg7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfg7

Dependencies

libcfg7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfg7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.