How To Install liboping0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboping0 on Kali Linux. liboping0 is C/C++ library to generate ICMP ECHO_REQUESTs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboping0 on Kali Linux.

What is liboping0

liboping0 is:

liboping features pinging multiple hosts in parallel using IPv4 or IPv6 transparently. The interface is object oriented.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install liboping0 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 liboping0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liboping0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liboping0

Install liboping0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liboping0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liboping0

Install liboping0 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 liboping0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liboping0

How To Uninstall liboping0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liboping0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liboping0

Uninstall liboping0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboping0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboping0

Remove liboping0 Configurations and Data

To remove liboping0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboping0

Remove liboping0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liboping0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboping0

Dependencies

liboping0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboping0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.