How To Install libgeocoding8 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeocoding8 on Kali Linux.

What is libgeocoding8

libgeocoding8 is:

Google’s library for geocoding phone international phone numbers.

This package contains the runtime libraries which can be used to geocode phone numbers. This means obtaining a desciption (for example of the location) of a given phone number.

There are three methods to install libgeocoding8 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 libgeocoding8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeocoding8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeocoding8

Install libgeocoding8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeocoding8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeocoding8

Install libgeocoding8 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 libgeocoding8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeocoding8

How To Uninstall libgeocoding8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgeocoding8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeocoding8

Uninstall libgeocoding8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeocoding8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeocoding8

Remove libgeocoding8 Configurations and Data

To remove libgeocoding8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeocoding8

Remove libgeocoding8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeocoding8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeocoding8

Dependencies

libgeocoding8 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libicu67
• libstdc++6

References

• libgeocoding8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeocoding8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.