How To Install libtfm1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtfm1 on Kali Linux.

What is libtfm1

libtfm1 is:

TomsFastMath is a fast open source, large integer arithmetic library written in portable ISO C. It is a port of LibTomMath with optional support for inline assembler multipliers.

This package contains the library itself which is need to run programs that use libtfm1.

There are three methods to install libtfm1 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 libtfm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtfm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtfm1

Install libtfm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtfm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtfm1

Install libtfm1 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 libtfm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtfm1

How To Uninstall libtfm1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtfm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtfm1

Uninstall libtfm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtfm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtfm1

Remove libtfm1 Configurations and Data

To remove libtfm1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtfm1

Remove libtfm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtfm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtfm1

Dependencies

libtfm1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libtfm1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtfm1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.