How To Install libthrift-c-glib0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libthrift-c-glib0 on Kali Linux.

What is libthrift-c-glib0

libthrift-c-glib0 is:

Thrift is a software framework for the development of reliable and performant communication and data serialization. It combines a software stack with code generation to build services that operate seamlessly across a number of different development languages.

This package contains the glib based runtime libraries needed for C applications using Thrift.

There are three methods to install libthrift-c-glib0 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 libthrift-c-glib0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libthrift-c-glib0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libthrift-c-glib0

Install libthrift-c-glib0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libthrift-c-glib0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libthrift-c-glib0

Install libthrift-c-glib0 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 libthrift-c-glib0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libthrift-c-glib0

How To Uninstall libthrift-c-glib0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libthrift-c-glib0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libthrift-c-glib0

Uninstall libthrift-c-glib0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libthrift-c-glib0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libthrift-c-glib0

Remove libthrift-c-glib0 Configurations and Data

To remove libthrift-c-glib0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libthrift-c-glib0

Remove libthrift-c-glib0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libthrift-c-glib0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libthrift-c-glib0

Dependencies

libthrift-c-glib0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libssl1.1

References

• libthrift-c-glib0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libthrift-c-glib0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.