How To Install librpmbuild9 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmbuild9 on Kali Linux. librpmbuild9 is RPM build shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmbuild9 on Kali Linux.

What is librpmbuild9

librpmbuild9 is:

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.

This library provides an interface for building RPM packages.

There are three methods to install librpmbuild9 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 librpmbuild9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmbuild9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librpmbuild9

Install librpmbuild9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmbuild9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librpmbuild9

Install librpmbuild9 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 librpmbuild9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librpmbuild9

How To Uninstall librpmbuild9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librpmbuild9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librpmbuild9

Uninstall librpmbuild9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librpmbuild9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librpmbuild9

Remove librpmbuild9 Configurations and Data

To remove librpmbuild9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librpmbuild9

Remove librpmbuild9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librpmbuild9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librpmbuild9

Dependencies

librpmbuild9 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmbuild9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.