How To Install libip4tc2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libip4tc2 on Kali Linux.

What is libip4tc2

libip4tc2 is:

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This package contains the user-space iptables (IPv4) C library from the Netfilter xtables framework.

iptables IPv4 ruleset ADT and kernel interface.

This library has been considered private for years (and still is), in the sense of changing symbols and backward compatibility not guaranteed.

There are three methods to install libip4tc2 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 libip4tc2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libip4tc2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libip4tc2

Install libip4tc2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libip4tc2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libip4tc2

Install libip4tc2 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 libip4tc2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libip4tc2

How To Uninstall libip4tc2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libip4tc2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libip4tc2

Uninstall libip4tc2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libip4tc2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libip4tc2

Remove libip4tc2 Configurations and Data

To remove libip4tc2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libip4tc2

Remove libip4tc2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libip4tc2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libip4tc2

Dependencies

libip4tc2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libip4tc2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libip4tc2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.