How To Install libphutil on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libphutil

libphutil is:

libphutil (pronounced as “lib-futile”, like the English word futile) is principally the shared library for Arcanist and Phabricator, but is suitable for inclusion in other projects. In particular, some of the classes provided in this library improve the state of common operations in PHP, like executing system commands.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libphutil

Install libphutil Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libphutil

Install libphutil 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 libphutil using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libphutil

How To Uninstall libphutil on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libphutil

Uninstall libphutil And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libphutil

Remove libphutil Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libphutil

Remove libphutil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libphutil

Dependencies

libphutil have the following dependencies:

• php-xml

References

• libphutil website

Summary

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