How To Install libp8-platform2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libp8-platform2 on Kali Linux.

What is libp8-platform2

libp8-platform2 is:

Platform support library of Pulse-Eight. It includes C++ wrappers for platform-specific atomic operations, threading, sockets and also string utilities.

There are three methods to install libp8-platform2 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 libp8-platform2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libp8-platform2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libp8-platform2

Install libp8-platform2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libp8-platform2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libp8-platform2

Install libp8-platform2 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 libp8-platform2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libp8-platform2

How To Uninstall libp8-platform2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libp8-platform2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libp8-platform2

Uninstall libp8-platform2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libp8-platform2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libp8-platform2

Remove libp8-platform2 Configurations and Data

To remove libp8-platform2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libp8-platform2

Remove libp8-platform2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libp8-platform2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libp8-platform2

Dependencies

libp8-platform2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• libp8-platform2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libp8-platform2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.