How To Install liboop4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboop4 on Kali Linux.

What is liboop4

liboop4 is:

Liboop is a low-level event loop management library for POSIX-based operating systems. It supports the development of modular, multiplexed applications which may respond to events from several sources. It replaces the “select() loop” and allows the registration of event handlers for file and network I/O, timers and signals. Since processes use these mechanisms for almost all external communication, liboop can be used as a basis for almost any application.

There are three methods to install liboop4 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 liboop4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liboop4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liboop4

Install liboop4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liboop4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liboop4

Install liboop4 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 liboop4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liboop4

How To Uninstall liboop4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liboop4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liboop4

Uninstall liboop4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboop4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboop4

Remove liboop4 Configurations and Data

To remove liboop4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboop4

Remove liboop4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liboop4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboop4

Dependencies

liboop4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• liboop4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboop4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.