How To Install libsha-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsha-ocaml on Kali Linux. libsha-ocaml is SHA cryptographic hash functions for OCaml (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsha-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libsha-ocaml

libsha-ocaml is:

SHA-1 produces a 160-bit digest from its input. SHA-256 and SHA-512 produce 256-bit and 512-bit digests from their inputs, respectively.

This package contains the shared runtime stub libraries.

There are three methods to install libsha-ocaml 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 libsha-ocaml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsha-ocaml

Install libsha-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsha-ocaml

Install libsha-ocaml 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 libsha-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsha-ocaml

How To Uninstall libsha-ocaml on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsha-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsha-ocaml

Uninstall libsha-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsha-ocaml

Remove libsha-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libsha-ocaml configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsha-ocaml

Remove libsha-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsha-ocaml

Dependencies

libsha-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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