How To Install liblog4shib2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4shib2 on Kali Linux.

What is liblog4shib2

liblog4shib2 is:

log4shib provides a library of C++ classes for flexible logging to files, syslog, and other destinations. It is modeled after the log4j Java library, staying as close to that API as is reasonable.

log4shib is a fork of the log4cpp library with additional fixes and modifications to improve its thread safety and robustness. It is primarily intended for use by the Shibboleth web authentication system.

This package contains the files necessary for running applications that use the log4shib library.

There are three methods to install liblog4shib2 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 liblog4shib2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4shib2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblog4shib2

Install liblog4shib2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4shib2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblog4shib2

Install liblog4shib2 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 liblog4shib2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblog4shib2

How To Uninstall liblog4shib2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblog4shib2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblog4shib2

Uninstall liblog4shib2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblog4shib2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4shib2

Remove liblog4shib2 Configurations and Data

To remove liblog4shib2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4shib2

Remove liblog4shib2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblog4shib2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4shib2

Dependencies

liblog4shib2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• liblog4shib2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4shib2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.