How To Install librpmsign9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmsign9 on Kali Linux.

What is librpmsign9

librpmsign9 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 signing RPM packages.

There are three methods to install librpmsign9 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 librpmsign9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmsign9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librpmsign9

Install librpmsign9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librpmsign9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librpmsign9

Install librpmsign9 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 librpmsign9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librpmsign9

How To Uninstall librpmsign9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librpmsign9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librpmsign9

Uninstall librpmsign9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librpmsign9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librpmsign9

Remove librpmsign9 Configurations and Data

To remove librpmsign9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librpmsign9

Remove librpmsign9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librpmsign9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librpmsign9

Dependencies

librpmsign9 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpopt0
• librpm9
• librpmio9

References

• librpmsign9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librpmsign9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.