How To Install libfmt7 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt7 on Kali Linux. libfmt7 is fast type-safe C++ formatting library – library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt7 on Kali Linux.

What is libfmt7

libfmt7 is:

This library provides fast, type-safe, small, C++11-aware replacement of (s)printf and related machinery. In some cases it’s noticeably faster than boost::format, boost::lexical_cast and even sprintf itself.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libfmt7 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 libfmt7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfmt7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfmt7

Install libfmt7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfmt7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfmt7

Install libfmt7 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 libfmt7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfmt7

How To Uninstall libfmt7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfmt7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfmt7

Uninstall libfmt7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfmt7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfmt7

Remove libfmt7 Configurations and Data

To remove libfmt7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfmt7

Remove libfmt7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfmt7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfmt7

Dependencies

libfmt7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfmt7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.