How To Install libcyaml1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcyaml1 on Kali Linux.

What is libcyaml1

libcyaml1 is:

libcyaml is a C library to allow applications to construct schemas which describe both the permissible structure of the YAML documents to read/write, and the C data structure(s) in which the loaded data is arranged in memory.

There are three methods to install libcyaml1 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 libcyaml1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcyaml1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcyaml1

Install libcyaml1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcyaml1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcyaml1

Install libcyaml1 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 libcyaml1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcyaml1

How To Uninstall libcyaml1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcyaml1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcyaml1

Uninstall libcyaml1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcyaml1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcyaml1

Remove libcyaml1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcyaml1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcyaml1

Remove libcyaml1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcyaml1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcyaml1

Dependencies

libcyaml1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libyaml-0-2

References

• libcyaml1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcyaml1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.