How To Install librepo0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librepo0 on Kali Linux.

What is librepo0

librepo0 is:

A library providing C and Python (libcURL-like) APIs to download repository metadata.

This package provides the librepo shared library.

There are three methods to install librepo0 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 librepo0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librepo0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librepo0

Install librepo0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librepo0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librepo0

Install librepo0 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 librepo0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librepo0

How To Uninstall librepo0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librepo0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librepo0

Uninstall librepo0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librepo0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librepo0

Remove librepo0 Configurations and Data

To remove librepo0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librepo0

Remove librepo0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librepo0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librepo0

Dependencies

librepo0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libglib2.0-0
• libgpgme11
• libssl1.1
• libxml2

References

• librepo0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librepo0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.