How To Install libplymouth5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplymouth5 on Kali Linux.

What is libplymouth5

libplymouth5 is:

Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libplymouth5 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 libplymouth5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplymouth5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplymouth5

Install libplymouth5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplymouth5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplymouth5

Install libplymouth5 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 libplymouth5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplymouth5

How To Uninstall libplymouth5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libplymouth5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplymouth5

Uninstall libplymouth5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplymouth5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplymouth5

Remove libplymouth5 Configurations and Data

To remove libplymouth5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplymouth5

Remove libplymouth5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplymouth5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplymouth5

Dependencies

libplymouth5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpng16-16
• libudev1

References

• libplymouth5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplymouth5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.