How To Install libmspack-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmspack-dev on Kali Linux. libmspack-dev is library for Microsoft compression formats (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmspack-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libmspack-dev

libmspack-dev is:

The purpose of libmspack is to provide both compression and decompression of some loosely related file formats used by Microsoft. The intention is to support all of the following formats: COMPRESS.EXE [SZDD], Microsoft Help (.HLP), COMPRESS.EXE [KWAJ], Microsoft Cabinet (.CAB), HTML Help (.CHM), Microsoft eBook (.LIT), Windows Imaging Format (.WIM), Exchange Offline Address Book (.LZX).

There are three methods to install libmspack-dev 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 libmspack-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmspack-dev

Install libmspack-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmspack-dev

Install libmspack-dev 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 libmspack-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmspack-dev

How To Uninstall libmspack-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmspack-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmspack-dev

Uninstall libmspack-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmspack-dev

Remove libmspack-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmspack-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmspack-dev

Remove libmspack-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmspack-dev

Dependencies

libmspack-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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