How To Install libsctp1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsctp1 on Kali Linux.

What is libsctp1

libsctp1 is:

SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a message oriented, reliable transport protocol, with congestion control, support for transparent multi-homing, and multiple ordered streams of messages. RFC 2960 defines the core protocol.

This library is part of the LKSCTP project, supplementing the Linux kernel SCTP implementation.

There are three methods to install libsctp1 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 libsctp1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsctp1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsctp1

Install libsctp1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsctp1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsctp1

Install libsctp1 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 libsctp1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsctp1

How To Uninstall libsctp1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsctp1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsctp1

Uninstall libsctp1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsctp1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsctp1

Remove libsctp1 Configurations and Data

To remove libsctp1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsctp1

Remove libsctp1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsctp1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsctp1

Dependencies

libsctp1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libsctp1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsctp1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.