How To Install libffindex0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffindex0 on Kali Linux. libffindex0 is library for simple index/database for huge amounts of small files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffindex0 on Kali Linux.

What is libffindex0

libffindex0 is:

FFindex is a very simple index/database for huge amounts of small files. The files are stored concatenated in one big data file, separated by ‘\0’. A second file contains a plain text index, giving name, offset and length of the small files. The lookup is currently done with a binary search on an array made from the index file.

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libffindex0 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 libffindex0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libffindex0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libffindex0

Install libffindex0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libffindex0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libffindex0

Install libffindex0 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 libffindex0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libffindex0

How To Uninstall libffindex0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libffindex0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libffindex0

Uninstall libffindex0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libffindex0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffindex0

Remove libffindex0 Configurations and Data

To remove libffindex0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libffindex0

Remove libffindex0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libffindex0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffindex0

Dependencies

libffindex0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffindex0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.