How To Install libmaloc1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaloc1 on Kali Linux. libmaloc1 is Object-oriented Abstraction Layer for C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaloc1 on Kali Linux.

What is libmaloc1

libmaloc1 is:

MALOC is a small, portable, abstract C environment library for object- oriented C programming. MALOC is used as the foundation layer for a number of scientific applications, including MC, SG, and APBS. MALOC can be used as a small stand-alone abstraction environment for writing portable C programs which need access to resources which are typically architecture-dependent, such as INET sockets, timing routines, and so on. MALOC provides abstract datatypes, memory management routines, timing routines, machine epsilon, access to UNIX and INET sockets, MPI, etc. All things that can vary from one architecture to another are abstracted out of an application code and placed in MALOC.

There are three methods to install libmaloc1 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 libmaloc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaloc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmaloc1

Install libmaloc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmaloc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmaloc1

Install libmaloc1 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 libmaloc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmaloc1

How To Uninstall libmaloc1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmaloc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmaloc1

Uninstall libmaloc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmaloc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaloc1

Remove libmaloc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libmaloc1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmaloc1

Remove libmaloc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmaloc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaloc1

Dependencies

libmaloc1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaloc1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.