How To Install libconfig9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig9 on Kali Linux.

What is libconfig9

libconfig9 is:

This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).

This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration files.

There are three methods to install libconfig9 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 libconfig9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libconfig9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libconfig9

Install libconfig9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libconfig9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libconfig9

Install libconfig9 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 libconfig9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libconfig9

How To Uninstall libconfig9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libconfig9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libconfig9

Uninstall libconfig9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libconfig9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig9

Remove libconfig9 Configurations and Data

To remove libconfig9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig9

Remove libconfig9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libconfig9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig9

Dependencies

libconfig9 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libconfig9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.