How To Install liblaszip-api8 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip-api8 on Kali Linux.

What is liblaszip-api8

liblaszip-api8 is:

LASzip quickly turns bulky LAS files into compact LAZ files without information loss.

This package contains the API shared library.

There are three methods to install liblaszip-api8 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 liblaszip-api8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblaszip-api8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblaszip-api8

Install liblaszip-api8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblaszip-api8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblaszip-api8

Install liblaszip-api8 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 liblaszip-api8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblaszip-api8

How To Uninstall liblaszip-api8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblaszip-api8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblaszip-api8

Uninstall liblaszip-api8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblaszip-api8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblaszip-api8

Remove liblaszip-api8 Configurations and Data

To remove liblaszip-api8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblaszip-api8

Remove liblaszip-api8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblaszip-api8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblaszip-api8

Dependencies

liblaszip-api8 have the following dependencies:

References

• liblaszip-api8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblaszip-api8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.