How To Install libgdata-tests on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata-tests on Kali Linux. libgdata-tests is Library for accessing GData webservices - common data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata-tests on Kali Linux.

What is libgdata-tests

libgdata-tests is:

libgdata is a GLib-based library for accessing online service APIs using the GData protocol ?? most notably, Google’s services. It provides APIs to access the common Google services, and has full asynchronous support.

This package includes tests to be used on the installed system.

There are three methods to install libgdata-tests 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 libgdata-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgdata-tests

Install libgdata-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgdata-tests

Install libgdata-tests 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 libgdata-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdata-tests

How To Uninstall libgdata-tests on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgdata-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdata-tests

Uninstall libgdata-tests And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdata-tests

Remove libgdata-tests Configurations and Data

To remove libgdata-tests configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdata-tests

Remove libgdata-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdata-tests

Dependencies

libgdata-tests have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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