How To Install libipaddr-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipaddr-ocaml on Kali Linux. libipaddr-ocaml is library for manipulation of IP (and MAC) address representations (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipaddr-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libipaddr-ocaml

libipaddr-ocaml is:

This is a library for manipulation of IP (and MAC) address representations.

Features:

  • IPv4 and IPv6 support
  • IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR prefix support
  • IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR-scoped address support
  • Integration with the standard OCaml distribution (Map.OrderedType, Unix, top-level)
  • IP address scope classification
  • IPv4-mapped addresses in IPv6 (::ffff:0:0/96) are an embedding of IPv4
  • MAC-48 (Ethernet) address support
  • All types have sexplib serializers/deserializers

This package contains the shared runtime libraries.

There are three methods to install libipaddr-ocaml 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 libipaddr-ocaml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libipaddr-ocaml

Install libipaddr-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libipaddr-ocaml

Install libipaddr-ocaml 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 libipaddr-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipaddr-ocaml

How To Uninstall libipaddr-ocaml on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libipaddr-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipaddr-ocaml

Uninstall libipaddr-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipaddr-ocaml

Remove libipaddr-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libipaddr-ocaml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libipaddr-ocaml

Remove libipaddr-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipaddr-ocaml

Dependencies

libipaddr-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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