How To Install libirecovery-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirecovery-common on Kali Linux.

What is libirecovery-common

libirecovery-common is:

libirecovery is a library which implements communication to iBoot/iBSS recovery system found on Apple’s iOS devices via USB.

This package contains udev rules files to setup permissions for plugged devices in recovery mode.

There are three methods to install libirecovery-common 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 libirecovery-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libirecovery-common

Install libirecovery-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libirecovery-common

Install libirecovery-common 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 libirecovery-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libirecovery-common

How To Uninstall libirecovery-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libirecovery-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libirecovery-common

Uninstall libirecovery-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libirecovery-common

Remove libirecovery-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libirecovery-common

Remove libirecovery-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libirecovery-common

Dependencies

libirecovery-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libirecovery-common website

Summary

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