How To Install libedac1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedac1 on Kali Linux.

What is libedac1

libedac1 is:

This package contains the user-space utilities for use with the EDAC kernel subsystem. EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) is a set of Linux kernel modules for handling hardware-related errors. Currently its major focus is ECC memory error handling. However it also detects and reports PCI bus parity errors.

PCI parity errors are supported on all architectures (and are a mandatory part of the PCI specification).

Main memory ECC drivers are memory controller specific. At the time of writing, drivers exist for many x86-specific chipsets and CPUs, and some PowerPC, and MIPS systems.

This package includes shared library

There are three methods to install libedac1 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 libedac1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libedac1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libedac1

Install libedac1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libedac1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libedac1

Install libedac1 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 libedac1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libedac1

How To Uninstall libedac1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libedac1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libedac1

Uninstall libedac1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libedac1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedac1

Remove libedac1 Configurations and Data

To remove libedac1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libedac1

Remove libedac1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libedac1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedac1

Dependencies

libedac1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsysfs2

References

• libedac1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedac1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.