How To Install libpurelibc1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurelibc1 on Kali Linux.

What is libpurelibc1

libpurelibc1 is:

Pure_libc converts glibc from a libc+system interfacing library into a libc-only library. A process can trace the system call generated by itself by purelibc. Pure_libc is not complete yet. Stdio has been implemented onto the fopencookie call. Due to current limitations of fopencookie, freopen may not work properly when reopening files different from std{in, out, err}.

This package contains the library

There are three methods to install libpurelibc1 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 libpurelibc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpurelibc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpurelibc1

Install libpurelibc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpurelibc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpurelibc1

Install libpurelibc1 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 libpurelibc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpurelibc1

How To Uninstall libpurelibc1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpurelibc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpurelibc1

Uninstall libpurelibc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpurelibc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpurelibc1

Remove libpurelibc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libpurelibc1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpurelibc1

Remove libpurelibc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpurelibc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpurelibc1

Dependencies

libpurelibc1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libpurelibc1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurelibc1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.