How To Install libcidr0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcidr0 on Kali Linux.

What is libcidr0

libcidr0 is:

libcidr is a C library implementing a variety of functions to manipulate IP addresses and netblocks. It handles both IPv4 and IPv6 networks, will transform them to and from text strings in a variety of formats, cram them into and lever them out of in_addr and in6_addr structures, and give you all sorts of stats about them. Functions are provided also to tell you a few things about the network any given CIDR block is in, what its parent and child networks are, and so on. If you’re really nice, may even cook you breakfast.

This package contains the shared runtime library.

There are three methods to install libcidr0 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 libcidr0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcidr0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcidr0

Install libcidr0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcidr0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcidr0

Install libcidr0 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 libcidr0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcidr0

How To Uninstall libcidr0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcidr0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcidr0

Uninstall libcidr0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcidr0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcidr0

Remove libcidr0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcidr0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcidr0

Remove libcidr0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcidr0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcidr0

Dependencies

libcidr0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libcidr0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcidr0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.