How To Install libmagic-ocaml on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-ocaml on Kali Linux.
What is libmagic-ocaml
libmagic-ocaml is:
Libmagic is a library for classifying files according to magic number tests. This package provides OCaml interface to the C library.
This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.
There are three methods to install libmagic-ocaml 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 libmagic-ocaml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmagic-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmagic-ocamlInstall libmagic-ocaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmagic-ocaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmagic-ocamlInstall libmagic-ocaml 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmagic-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmagic-ocamlHow To Uninstall libmagic-ocaml on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmagic-ocaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmagic-ocamlUninstall libmagic-ocaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmagic-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagic-ocamlRemove libmagic-ocaml Configurations and Data
To remove libmagic-ocaml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmagic-ocamlRemove libmagic-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmagic-ocaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagic-ocamlDependencies
libmagic-ocaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagic-ocaml package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.