How To Install libpseudo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libpseudo

libpseudo is:

The pseudo utility offers a way to run commands in a virtualized “root” environment, allowing ordinary users to run commands which give the illusion of creating device nodes, changing file ownership, and otherwise doing things necessary for creating distribution packages or filesystems.

Pseudo has a lot of similarities to fakeroot but is a new implementation that improves on the problems seen using fakeroot. Pseudo is now extensively used by Poky as a replacement to fakeroot but can also be used standalone in many other use cases.

This package contains the LD_PRELOAD libraries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpseudo

Install libpseudo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpseudo

Install libpseudo 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 libpseudo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpseudo

How To Uninstall libpseudo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpseudo

Uninstall libpseudo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpseudo

Remove libpseudo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpseudo

Remove libpseudo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpseudo

Dependencies

libpseudo have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libpseudo website

Summary

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