How To Install libspatialindex-c6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialindex-c6 on Kali Linux.

What is libspatialindex-c6

libspatialindex-c6 is:

Spatialindex is a C++ library that provides a framework for developing spatial indices. Currently it defines generic interfaces, provides simple main memory and disk based storage managers and a robust implementation of an R*-tree, an MVR-tree and a TPR-tree.

This package contains the SpatialIndex shared library for C.

There are three methods to install libspatialindex-c6 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 libspatialindex-c6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex-c6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspatialindex-c6

Install libspatialindex-c6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspatialindex-c6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspatialindex-c6

Install libspatialindex-c6 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 libspatialindex-c6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspatialindex-c6

How To Uninstall libspatialindex-c6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libspatialindex-c6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspatialindex-c6

Uninstall libspatialindex-c6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspatialindex-c6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspatialindex-c6

Remove libspatialindex-c6 Configurations and Data

To remove libspatialindex-c6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspatialindex-c6

Remove libspatialindex-c6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspatialindex-c6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspatialindex-c6

Dependencies

libspatialindex-c6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libspatialindex6
• libstdc++6

References

• libspatialindex-c6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspatialindex-c6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.