How To Install libdwarf1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf1 on Kali Linux.

What is libdwarf1

libdwarf1 is:

The libdwarf package provides a library which allows reading/consuming and writing/producing of DWARF debugging information from object files, shared libraries, and executables.

This package contains the runtime library. You should not have to install it manually.

There are three methods to install libdwarf1 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 libdwarf1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdwarf1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdwarf1

Install libdwarf1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdwarf1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdwarf1

Install libdwarf1 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 libdwarf1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdwarf1

How To Uninstall libdwarf1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdwarf1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdwarf1

Uninstall libdwarf1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdwarf1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdwarf1

Remove libdwarf1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdwarf1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdwarf1

Remove libdwarf1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdwarf1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdwarf1

Dependencies

libdwarf1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libelf1
• zlib1g

References

• libdwarf1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdwarf1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.