How To Install librest-0.7-0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-0.7-0 on Kali Linux.

What is librest-0.7-0

librest-0.7-0 is:

This library was designed to make it easier to access web services that claim to be “RESTful”. It includes convenience wrappers for libsoup and libxml to ease remote use of the RESTful API.

There are three methods to install librest-0.7-0 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 librest-0.7-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librest-0.7-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librest-0.7-0

Install librest-0.7-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librest-0.7-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librest-0.7-0

Install librest-0.7-0 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 librest-0.7-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librest-0.7-0

How To Uninstall librest-0.7-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librest-0.7-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librest-0.7-0

Uninstall librest-0.7-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librest-0.7-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librest-0.7-0

Remove librest-0.7-0 Configurations and Data

To remove librest-0.7-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librest-0.7-0

Remove librest-0.7-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librest-0.7-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librest-0.7-0

Dependencies

librest-0.7-0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libsoup-gnome2.4-1
• libsoup2.4-1
• libxml2

References

• librest-0.7-0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-0.7-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.