How To Install liblnk-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblnk-utils on Kali Linux. liblnk-utils is Windows Shortcut File format access library – Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblnk-utils on Kali Linux.

What is liblnk-utils

liblnk-utils is:

liblnk is a library to access the Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format.

This package contains lnkinfo, a tool to determine information about a Windows Shortcut File.

There are three methods to install liblnk-utils 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 liblnk-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblnk-utils

Install liblnk-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblnk-utils

Install liblnk-utils 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 liblnk-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblnk-utils

How To Uninstall liblnk-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblnk-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblnk-utils

Uninstall liblnk-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblnk-utils

Remove liblnk-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblnk-utils

Remove liblnk-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblnk-utils

Dependencies

liblnk-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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