How To Install libonig5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libonig5 on Kali Linux.

What is libonig5

libonig5 is:

Oniguruma is a library for working with regular expressions.

Different character encoding for every regular expression object can be specified.

There are three methods to install libonig5 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 libonig5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libonig5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libonig5

Install libonig5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libonig5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libonig5

Install libonig5 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 libonig5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libonig5

How To Uninstall libonig5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libonig5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libonig5

Uninstall libonig5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libonig5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libonig5

Remove libonig5 Configurations and Data

To remove libonig5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libonig5

Remove libonig5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libonig5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libonig5

Dependencies

libonig5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libonig5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libonig5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.