How To Install libsysrepo5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysrepo5 on Kali Linux.

What is libsysrepo5

libsysrepo5 is:

Applications can use sysrepo to store their configuration modeled by provided YANG model instead of using e.g. flat configuration files. Sysrepo will ensure data consistency of the data stored in the datastore and enforce data constraints defined by YANG model.

Sysrepo can be easily integrated with management agents such as NETCONF or RESTCONF servers, using the same client library API that applications use to access their configuration.

This package contains the shared C library.

There are three methods to install libsysrepo5 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 libsysrepo5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsysrepo5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsysrepo5

Install libsysrepo5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsysrepo5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsysrepo5

Install libsysrepo5 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 libsysrepo5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsysrepo5

How To Uninstall libsysrepo5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsysrepo5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsysrepo5

Uninstall libsysrepo5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsysrepo5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsysrepo5

Remove libsysrepo5 Configurations and Data

To remove libsysrepo5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsysrepo5

Remove libsysrepo5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsysrepo5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsysrepo5

Dependencies

libsysrepo5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libyang1

References

• libsysrepo5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsysrepo5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.