How To Install libopenthreads21 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads21 on Kali Linux.

What is libopenthreads21

libopenthreads21 is:

This library is intended to provide a minimal & complete Object-Oriented (OO) thread interface for C++ programmers, used primarily in OpenSceneGraph. It is loosely modeled on the Java thread API, and the POSIX Threads standards.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libopenthreads21 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 libopenthreads21 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenthreads21 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenthreads21

Install libopenthreads21 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenthreads21 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenthreads21

Install libopenthreads21 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 libopenthreads21 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenthreads21

How To Uninstall libopenthreads21 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libopenthreads21 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenthreads21

Uninstall libopenthreads21 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenthreads21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenthreads21

Remove libopenthreads21 Configurations and Data

To remove libopenthreads21 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenthreads21

Remove libopenthreads21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenthreads21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenthreads21

Dependencies

libopenthreads21 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libopenthreads21 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenthreads21 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.