How To Install libsmi2-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2-common on Kali Linux.

What is libsmi2-common

libsmi2-common is:

This is just a transitional package to suggest snmp-mibs-downloader which should download needed MIB. You can delete it if you already have snmp-mibs-downloader.

There are three methods to install libsmi2-common 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 libsmi2-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsmi2-common

Install libsmi2-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsmi2-common

Install libsmi2-common 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 libsmi2-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsmi2-common

How To Uninstall libsmi2-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsmi2-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsmi2-common

Uninstall libsmi2-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsmi2-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmi2-common

Remove libsmi2-common Configurations and Data

To remove libsmi2-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsmi2-common

Remove libsmi2-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsmi2-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmi2-common

Dependencies

libsmi2-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libsmi2-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.