How To Install liblz1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblz1 on Kali Linux. liblz1 is data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblz1 on Kali Linux.

What is liblz1

liblz1 is:

The lzlib compression library provides in-memory LZMA compression and decompression functions, including integrity checking of the uncompressed data. The compressed data format used by the library is the lzip format.

There are three methods to install liblz1 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 liblz1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblz1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblz1

Install liblz1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblz1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblz1

Install liblz1 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 liblz1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblz1

How To Uninstall liblz1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblz1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblz1

Uninstall liblz1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblz1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblz1

Remove liblz1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblz1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblz1

Remove liblz1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblz1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblz1

Dependencies

liblz1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblz1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.