How To Install libconfuse2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfuse2 on Kali Linux. libconfuse2 is Library for parsing configuration files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfuse2 on Kali Linux.

What is libconfuse2

libconfuse2 is:

libConfuse is a configuration file parser library written in C. It supports sections and (lists of) values (strings, integers, floats, booleans or other sections), as well as some other features (such as single/double-quoted strings, environment variable expansion, functions and nested include statements).

It makes it very easy to add configuration file capability to a program using a simple API.

There are three methods to install libconfuse2 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 libconfuse2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libconfuse2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libconfuse2

Install libconfuse2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libconfuse2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libconfuse2

Install libconfuse2 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 libconfuse2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libconfuse2

How To Uninstall libconfuse2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libconfuse2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libconfuse2

Uninstall libconfuse2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libconfuse2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfuse2

Remove libconfuse2 Configurations and Data

To remove libconfuse2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libconfuse2

Remove libconfuse2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libconfuse2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfuse2

Dependencies

libconfuse2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfuse2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.