How To Install libosinfo-1.0-0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-1.0-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libosinfo-1.0-0

libosinfo-1.0-0 is:

libosinfo is a GObject based library API for managing information about operating systems, hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can support. It includes a database containing device metadata and provides APIs to match/identify optimal devices for deploying an operating system on a hypervisor.

Via the GObject Introspection, the API is available in all common programming languages.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libosinfo-1.0-0 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 libosinfo-1.0-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosinfo-1.0-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosinfo-1.0-0

Install libosinfo-1.0-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosinfo-1.0-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosinfo-1.0-0

Install libosinfo-1.0-0 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 libosinfo-1.0-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosinfo-1.0-0

How To Uninstall libosinfo-1.0-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosinfo-1.0-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosinfo-1.0-0

Uninstall libosinfo-1.0-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosinfo-1.0-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosinfo-1.0-0

Remove libosinfo-1.0-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libosinfo-1.0-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosinfo-1.0-0

Remove libosinfo-1.0-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosinfo-1.0-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosinfo-1.0-0

Dependencies

libosinfo-1.0-0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libsoup2.4-1
• libxml2
• libxslt1.1
• pci.ids
• usb.ids
• osinfo-db

References

• libosinfo-1.0-0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-1.0-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.