How To Install libclamunrar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libclamunrar

libclamunrar is:

Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for Unix. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers (attachment scanning). The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon in the clamav-daemon package, a command-line scanner in the clamav package, and a tool for automatic updating via the Internet in the clamav-freshclam package. The programs are based on libclamav9, which can be used by other software.

This metapackage depends on the current libclamunrarX binary library to ensure a new libclamunrarY will be installed after a soname update.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libclamunrar

Install libclamunrar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libclamunrar

Install libclamunrar 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 libclamunrar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclamunrar

How To Uninstall libclamunrar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libclamunrar

Uninstall libclamunrar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclamunrar

Remove libclamunrar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libclamunrar

Remove libclamunrar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclamunrar

Dependencies

libclamunrar have the following dependencies:

• libclamunrar9

References

• libclamunrar website

Summary

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