How To Install libpsocksxx0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsocksxx0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpsocksxx0

libpsocksxx0 is:

psocksxx library attempts to borrow the concepts from socket++ and socket-library, but not the code, and create a well documented (and hopefully easy to understand) POSIX socket communication wrapper in C++. To keep the code simple and clean this project will only support POSIX sockets.

There are three methods to install libpsocksxx0 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 libpsocksxx0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpsocksxx0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpsocksxx0

Install libpsocksxx0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpsocksxx0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpsocksxx0

Install libpsocksxx0 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 libpsocksxx0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpsocksxx0

How To Uninstall libpsocksxx0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpsocksxx0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpsocksxx0

Uninstall libpsocksxx0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpsocksxx0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpsocksxx0

Remove libpsocksxx0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpsocksxx0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpsocksxx0

Remove libpsocksxx0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpsocksxx0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpsocksxx0

Dependencies

libpsocksxx0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• libpsocksxx0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsocksxx0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.