How To Install libedit2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit2 on Kali Linux.

What is libedit2

libedit2 is:

Command line editor library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions.

It slightly resembles GNU readline.

There are three methods to install libedit2 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 libedit2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libedit2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libedit2

Install libedit2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libedit2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libedit2

Install libedit2 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 libedit2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libedit2

How To Uninstall libedit2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libedit2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libedit2

Uninstall libedit2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libedit2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedit2

Remove libedit2 Configurations and Data

To remove libedit2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libedit2

Remove libedit2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libedit2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedit2

Dependencies

libedit2 have the following dependencies:

• libbsd0
• libc6
• libtinfo6

References

• libedit2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.