How To Install libpopt0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopt0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpopt0

libpopt0 is:

Popt was heavily influenced by the getopt() and getopt_long() functions, but it allows more powerful argument expansion. It can parse arbitrary argv[] style arrays and automatically set variables based on command line arguments. It also allows command line arguments to be aliased via configuration files and includes utility functions for parsing arbitrary strings into argv[] arrays using shell-like rules.

This package contains the runtime library and locale data.

There are three methods to install libpopt0 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 libpopt0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpopt0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpopt0

Install libpopt0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpopt0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpopt0

Install libpopt0 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 libpopt0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpopt0

How To Uninstall libpopt0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpopt0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpopt0

Uninstall libpopt0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpopt0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpopt0

Remove libpopt0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpopt0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpopt0

Remove libpopt0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpopt0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpopt0

Dependencies

libpopt0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libpopt0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopt0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.