How To Install libosp5 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosp5 on Kali Linux. libosp5 is Runtime library for OpenJade groups SP suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosp5 on Kali Linux.

What is libosp5

libosp5 is:

This is the SP suite’s shared library runtime support. This C++ library contains entity management functions, parsing functions, and other functions useful for SGML/XML/DSSSL development.

This shared library is used by the opensp and openjade packages.

There are three methods to install libosp5 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 libosp5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosp5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosp5

Install libosp5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosp5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosp5

Install libosp5 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 libosp5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosp5

How To Uninstall libosp5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosp5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosp5

Uninstall libosp5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosp5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosp5

Remove libosp5 Configurations and Data

To remove libosp5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosp5

Remove libosp5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosp5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosp5

Dependencies

libosp5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosp5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.