How To Install libsrtp2-1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsrtp2-1 on Kali Linux.

What is libsrtp2-1

libsrtp2-1 is:

SRTP is a security profile for RTP that adds confidentiality, message authentication, and replay protection to that protocol. It is specified in RFC 3711.

LibSRTP provides an implementation of the Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP), the Universal Security Transform (UST), and a supporting cryptographic kernel.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libsrtp2-1 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 libsrtp2-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsrtp2-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsrtp2-1

Install libsrtp2-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsrtp2-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsrtp2-1

Install libsrtp2-1 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 libsrtp2-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsrtp2-1

How To Uninstall libsrtp2-1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsrtp2-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsrtp2-1

Uninstall libsrtp2-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsrtp2-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsrtp2-1

Remove libsrtp2-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libsrtp2-1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsrtp2-1

Remove libsrtp2-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsrtp2-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsrtp2-1

Dependencies

libsrtp2-1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnspr4

References

• libsrtp2-1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsrtp2-1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.