How To Install libsocketcan2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocketcan2
on Kali Linux.
What is libsocketcan2
libsocketcan2 is:
This userspace library allows one to do common configure/control tasks on SocketCAN interface.
There are three methods to install libsocketcan2
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 libsocketcan2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsocketcan2
Install libsocketcan2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsocketcan2
Install libsocketcan2 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 libsocketcan2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsocketcan2
How To Uninstall libsocketcan2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libsocketcan2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsocketcan2
Uninstall libsocketcan2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsocketcan2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsocketcan2
Remove libsocketcan2 Configurations and Data
To remove libsocketcan2
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsocketcan2
Remove libsocketcan2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsocketcan2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsocketcan2
Dependencies
libsocketcan2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocketcan2
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.