How To Install libstree on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libstree

libstree is:

libstree is a generic suffix tree implementation, written in C. It can handle arbitrary data structures as elements of a string. Unlike most demo implementations, it is not limited to simple ASCII character strings. Suffix tree generation in libstree is highly efficient and implemented using the algorithm by Ukkonen. This means that libstree builds suffix trees in time linear to the length of the strings, assuming that string element comparisons can be done in constant time.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstree

Install libstree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstree

Install libstree 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 libstree using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstree

How To Uninstall libstree on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libstree

Uninstall libstree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstree

Remove libstree Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libstree

Remove libstree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstree

Dependencies

libstree have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libstree website

Summary

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