How To Install libkpathsea6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkpathsea6 on Kali Linux.

What is libkpathsea6

libkpathsea6 is:

This package contains the runtime part of the Kpathsea[rch] library, which implements generic path searching, configuration, and TeX-specific file searching.

There are three methods to install libkpathsea6 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 libkpathsea6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkpathsea6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkpathsea6

Install libkpathsea6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkpathsea6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkpathsea6

Install libkpathsea6 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 libkpathsea6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkpathsea6

How To Uninstall libkpathsea6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkpathsea6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkpathsea6

Uninstall libkpathsea6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkpathsea6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkpathsea6

Remove libkpathsea6 Configurations and Data

To remove libkpathsea6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkpathsea6

Remove libkpathsea6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkpathsea6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkpathsea6

Dependencies

libkpathsea6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libkpathsea6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkpathsea6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.