How To Install libdeflate0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdeflate0 on Kali Linux.

What is libdeflate0

libdeflate0 is:

The supported formats are:

• DEFLATE (raw)
• zlib (a.k.a. DEFLATE with a zlib wrapper)
• gzip (a.k.a. DEFLATE with a gzip wrapper)

libdeflate is heavily optimized. It is significantly faster than the zlib library, both for compression and decompression, and especially on x86 processors. In addition, libdeflate provides optional high compression modes that provide a better compression ratio than the zlib’s “level 9”.

There are three methods to install libdeflate0 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 libdeflate0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdeflate0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdeflate0

Install libdeflate0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdeflate0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdeflate0

Install libdeflate0 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 libdeflate0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdeflate0

How To Uninstall libdeflate0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdeflate0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdeflate0

Uninstall libdeflate0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdeflate0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdeflate0

Remove libdeflate0 Configurations and Data

To remove libdeflate0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdeflate0

Remove libdeflate0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdeflate0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdeflate0

Dependencies

libdeflate0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libdeflate0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdeflate0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.