How To Install libpsl5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsl5 on Kali Linux.

What is libpsl5

libpsl5 is:

Libpsl allows checking domains against the Public Suffix List. It can be used to avoid privacy-leaking ‘super-cookies’, ‘super domain’ certificates, for domain highlighting purposes sorting domain lists by site and more.

Please see https://publicsuffix.org for more detailed information.

This package contains runtime libraries.

There are three methods to install libpsl5 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 libpsl5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpsl5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpsl5

Install libpsl5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpsl5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpsl5

Install libpsl5 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 libpsl5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpsl5

How To Uninstall libpsl5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpsl5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpsl5

Uninstall libpsl5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpsl5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpsl5

Remove libpsl5 Configurations and Data

To remove libpsl5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpsl5

Remove libpsl5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpsl5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpsl5

Dependencies

libpsl5 have the following dependencies:

• libidn2-0
• libc6
• libunistring2

References

• libpsl5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsl5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.