How To Install libquazip5-1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip5-1 on Kali Linux. libquazip5-1 is C++ wrapper for ZIP/UNZIP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip5-1 on Kali Linux.

What is libquazip5-1

libquazip5-1 is:

QuaZIP is a simple C++ wrapper over Gilles Vollant’s ZIP/UNZIP package that can be used to access ZIP archives. It uses Trolltech’s Qt toolkit.

QuaZIP allows you to access files inside ZIP archives using QIODevice API, and that means that you can also use QTextStream, QDataStream or whatever you would like to use on your zipped files.

QuaZIP provides complete abstraction of the ZIP/UNZIP API, for both reading from and writing to ZIP archives.

QuaZIP built using Qt5 libraries.

There are three methods to install libquazip5-1 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 libquazip5-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libquazip5-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libquazip5-1

Install libquazip5-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libquazip5-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libquazip5-1

Install libquazip5-1 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 libquazip5-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libquazip5-1

How To Uninstall libquazip5-1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libquazip5-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libquazip5-1

Uninstall libquazip5-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libquazip5-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquazip5-1

Remove libquazip5-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libquazip5-1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libquazip5-1

Remove libquazip5-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libquazip5-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquazip5-1

Dependencies

libquazip5-1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquazip5-1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.