How To Install libgc1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgc1 on Kali Linux.

What is libgc1

libgc1 is:

Boehm-Demers-Weiser’s GC is a garbage collecting storage allocator that is intended to be used as a plug-in replacement for C’s malloc or C++’s new().

It allows you to allocate memory basically as you normally would without explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be used.

This version of the collector is thread safe, has C++ support and uses the defaults for everything else. However, it does not work as a drop-in malloc(3) replacement.

There are three methods to install libgc1 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 libgc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgc1

Install libgc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgc1

Install libgc1 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 libgc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgc1

How To Uninstall libgc1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgc1

Uninstall libgc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgc1

Remove libgc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgc1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgc1

Remove libgc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgc1

Dependencies

libgc1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libstdc++6

References

• libgc1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgc1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.