How To Install libicapapi5 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicapapi5 on Kali Linux. libicapapi5 is ICAP API library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicapapi5 on Kali Linux.

What is libicapapi5

libicapapi5 is:

C-ICAP is an implementation of an ICAP server. It can be used with HTTP proxies that support the ICAP protocol to implement content adaptation and filtering services.

Most of the commercial HTTP proxies must support the ICAP protocol. The open source Squid 3.x proxy server supports it.

This Package contains the ICAP API library.

There are three methods to install libicapapi5 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 libicapapi5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libicapapi5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libicapapi5

Install libicapapi5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libicapapi5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libicapapi5

Install libicapapi5 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 libicapapi5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libicapapi5

How To Uninstall libicapapi5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libicapapi5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libicapapi5

Uninstall libicapapi5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libicapapi5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicapapi5

Remove libicapapi5 Configurations and Data

To remove libicapapi5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libicapapi5

Remove libicapapi5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libicapapi5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicapapi5

Dependencies

libicapapi5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicapapi5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.