How To Install libhashkit2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhashkit2 on Kali Linux.

What is libhashkit2

libhashkit2 is:

libhashkit is a small and thread-safe client library that provides a collection of useful hashing algorithm. libhashkit is distributed with libmemcached.

This package provides the libhashkit shared library.

There are three methods to install libhashkit2 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 libhashkit2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhashkit2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhashkit2

Install libhashkit2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhashkit2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhashkit2

Install libhashkit2 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 libhashkit2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhashkit2

How To Uninstall libhashkit2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhashkit2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhashkit2

Uninstall libhashkit2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhashkit2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhashkit2

Remove libhashkit2 Configurations and Data

To remove libhashkit2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhashkit2

Remove libhashkit2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhashkit2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhashkit2

Dependencies

libhashkit2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• libhashkit2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhashkit2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.