How To Install libmtp9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmtp9 on Kali Linux.

What is libmtp9

libmtp9 is:

libmtp is a library for communicating with MTP aware devices in POSIX compliant operating systems. It implements MTP Basic, the subset proposed for standardization.

The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.

There are three methods to install libmtp9 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 libmtp9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmtp9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmtp9

Install libmtp9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmtp9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmtp9

Install libmtp9 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 libmtp9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmtp9

How To Uninstall libmtp9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmtp9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmtp9

Uninstall libmtp9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmtp9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmtp9

Remove libmtp9 Configurations and Data

To remove libmtp9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmtp9

Remove libmtp9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmtp9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmtp9

Dependencies

libmtp9 have the following dependencies:

• libmtp-common
• libc6
• libgcrypt20
• libusb-1.0-0

References

• libmtp9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmtp9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.