How To Install libsquid1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquid1 on Kali Linux.

What is libsquid1

libsquid1 is:

SQUID is a library of C code functions for sequence analysis. It also includes a number of small utility programs to convert, show statistics, manipulate and do other functions on sequence files.

The original name of the package is “squid”, but since there is already a squid on the archive (a proxy cache), it was renamed to “biosquid”.

This package contains the dynamic SQUID library.

There are three methods to install libsquid1 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 libsquid1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsquid1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsquid1

Install libsquid1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsquid1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsquid1

Install libsquid1 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 libsquid1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsquid1

How To Uninstall libsquid1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsquid1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsquid1

Uninstall libsquid1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsquid1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsquid1

Remove libsquid1 Configurations and Data

To remove libsquid1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsquid1

Remove libsquid1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsquid1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsquid1

Dependencies

libsquid1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libsquid1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquid1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.