How To Install libnetcf1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcf1 on Kali Linux.

What is libnetcf1

libnetcf1 is:

Netcf is a library used to modify the network configuration of a system. Network configurations are expressed in a platform-independent XML format, which netcf translates into changes to the system’s ’native’ network configuration files.

This package provides the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libnetcf1 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 libnetcf1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnetcf1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnetcf1

Install libnetcf1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnetcf1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnetcf1

Install libnetcf1 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 libnetcf1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnetcf1

How To Uninstall libnetcf1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnetcf1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnetcf1

Uninstall libnetcf1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnetcf1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetcf1

Remove libnetcf1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnetcf1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnetcf1

Remove libnetcf1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnetcf1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetcf1

Dependencies

libnetcf1 have the following dependencies:

• libaugeas0
• libc6
• libnl-3-200
• libnl-route-3-200
• libxml2
• libxslt1.1
• augeas-lenses

References

• libnetcf1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetcf1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.