How To Install liblwip0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwip0 on Kali Linux. liblwip0 is small implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwip0 on Kali Linux.

What is liblwip0

liblwip0 is:

lwIP is a small independent implementation of the TCP/IPv4/IPv6 protocol suite that has been developed by Adam Dunkels at the Computer and Networks Architectures (CNA) lab at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS).

The focus of the lwIP TCP/IP implementation is to reduce the RAM usage while still having a full scale TCP. This making lwIP suitable for use in embedded systems with tens of kilobytes of free RAM and room for around 40 kilobytes of code ROM.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install liblwip0 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 liblwip0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblwip0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblwip0

Install liblwip0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblwip0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblwip0

Install liblwip0 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 liblwip0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblwip0

How To Uninstall liblwip0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblwip0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblwip0

Uninstall liblwip0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblwip0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwip0

Remove liblwip0 Configurations and Data

To remove liblwip0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblwip0

Remove liblwip0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblwip0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwip0

Dependencies

liblwip0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwip0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.