How To Install libgeoclue-2-0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoclue-2-0 on Kali Linux. libgeoclue-2-0 is convenience library to interact with geoinformation service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoclue-2-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libgeoclue-2-0

libgeoclue-2-0 is:

GeoClue is a D-Bus geoinformation service. The goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgeoclue-2-0 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 libgeoclue-2-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoclue-2-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeoclue-2-0

Install libgeoclue-2-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeoclue-2-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeoclue-2-0

Install libgeoclue-2-0 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 libgeoclue-2-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeoclue-2-0

How To Uninstall libgeoclue-2-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgeoclue-2-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeoclue-2-0

Uninstall libgeoclue-2-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeoclue-2-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeoclue-2-0

Remove libgeoclue-2-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgeoclue-2-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeoclue-2-0

Remove libgeoclue-2-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeoclue-2-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeoclue-2-0

Dependencies

libgeoclue-2-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeoclue-2-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.