How To Install libgirepository-1.0-1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgirepository-1.0-1 on Kali Linux.

What is libgirepository-1.0-1

libgirepository-1.0-1 is:

GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.

GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.

This package contains a C library for handling the introspection data.

There are three methods to install libgirepository-1.0-1 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 libgirepository-1.0-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgirepository-1.0-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgirepository-1.0-1

Install libgirepository-1.0-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgirepository-1.0-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgirepository-1.0-1

Install libgirepository-1.0-1 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 libgirepository-1.0-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgirepository-1.0-1

How To Uninstall libgirepository-1.0-1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgirepository-1.0-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgirepository-1.0-1

Uninstall libgirepository-1.0-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgirepository-1.0-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgirepository-1.0-1

Remove libgirepository-1.0-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libgirepository-1.0-1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgirepository-1.0-1

Remove libgirepository-1.0-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgirepository-1.0-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgirepository-1.0-1

Dependencies

libgirepository-1.0-1 have the following dependencies:

• libglib2.0-0
• libc6
• libffi7

References

• libgirepository-1.0-1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgirepository-1.0-1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.