How To Install libsmi2ldbl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2ldbl on Kali Linux.

What is libsmi2ldbl

libsmi2ldbl is:

The purpose of libsmi is to

• give network management applications a concise programmer-friendly interface to access MIB module information,
• separate the knowledge on SMI from the main parts of management applications,
• allow one to add new kinds of MIB repositories without the need to adapt applications that make use of libsmi.

In this context, MIB is “Management Information Base” and SMI stands for “Structure and identification of Management Information”. See RFC1902 and others for details.

This package contains the main libsmi library.

There are three methods to install libsmi2ldbl 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 libsmi2ldbl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2ldbl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsmi2ldbl

Install libsmi2ldbl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsmi2ldbl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsmi2ldbl

Install libsmi2ldbl 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 libsmi2ldbl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsmi2ldbl

How To Uninstall libsmi2ldbl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsmi2ldbl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsmi2ldbl

Uninstall libsmi2ldbl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsmi2ldbl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmi2ldbl

Remove libsmi2ldbl Configurations and Data

To remove libsmi2ldbl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsmi2ldbl

Remove libsmi2ldbl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsmi2ldbl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmi2ldbl

Dependencies

libsmi2ldbl have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libsmi2ldbl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmi2ldbl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.