How To Install libextractor-plugin-rpm on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-rpm on Kali Linux. libextractor-plugin-rpm is extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (rpm plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-rpm on Kali Linux.

What is libextractor-plugin-rpm

libextractor-plugin-rpm is:

GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.

This package contains the plugin supporting rpm files.

There are three methods to install libextractor-plugin-rpm 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 libextractor-plugin-rpm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libextractor-plugin-rpm

Install libextractor-plugin-rpm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugin-rpm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-rpm

Install libextractor-plugin-rpm 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 libextractor-plugin-rpm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-rpm

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-rpm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libextractor-plugin-rpm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-rpm

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-rpm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextractor-plugin-rpm

Remove libextractor-plugin-rpm Configurations and Data

To remove libextractor-plugin-rpm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libextractor-plugin-rpm

Remove libextractor-plugin-rpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libextractor-plugin-rpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextractor-plugin-rpm

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-rpm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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