How To Install libguytools2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguytools2 on Kali Linux.

What is libguytools2

libguytools2 is:

Includes modules for configuration file handling, error handling, logging and system information retrieval. A signal handler enables applications to do stack backtracing in case of segmentation faults.

There are three methods to install libguytools2 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 libguytools2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libguytools2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libguytools2

Install libguytools2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libguytools2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libguytools2

Install libguytools2 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 libguytools2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libguytools2

How To Uninstall libguytools2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libguytools2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libguytools2

Uninstall libguytools2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libguytools2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguytools2

Remove libguytools2 Configurations and Data

To remove libguytools2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libguytools2

Remove libguytools2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libguytools2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libguytools2

Dependencies

libguytools2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libstdc++6

References

• libguytools2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguytools2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.