How To Install libosmonetif8 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmonetif8 on Kali Linux.

What is libosmonetif8

libosmonetif8 is:

The libosmo-netif library is one of the libraries needed by the OpenBSC GSM infrastructure software. This library in particular implements the shared code for network interfaces.

There are three methods to install libosmonetif8 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 libosmonetif8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmonetif8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmonetif8

Install libosmonetif8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmonetif8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmonetif8

Install libosmonetif8 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 libosmonetif8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmonetif8

How To Uninstall libosmonetif8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosmonetif8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmonetif8

Uninstall libosmonetif8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmonetif8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmonetif8

Remove libosmonetif8 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmonetif8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmonetif8

Remove libosmonetif8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmonetif8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmonetif8

Dependencies

libosmonetif8 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libosmocore16
• libosmogsm15
• libsctp1
• libtalloc2

References

• libosmonetif8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmonetif8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.