How To Install libtirpc-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc-common on Kali Linux.

What is libtirpc-common

libtirpc-common is:

This package contains a port of Sun’s transport-independent RPC library to Linux. The library is intended as a replacement for the RPC code in the GNU C library, providing among others support for RPC (and in turn, NFS) over IPv6.

This package contains the netconfig configuration file as well as the associated manpage.

There are three methods to install libtirpc-common 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 libtirpc-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtirpc-common

Install libtirpc-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtirpc-common

Install libtirpc-common 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 libtirpc-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtirpc-common

How To Uninstall libtirpc-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtirpc-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtirpc-common

Uninstall libtirpc-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtirpc-common

Remove libtirpc-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtirpc-common

Remove libtirpc-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtirpc-common

Dependencies

libtirpc-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libtirpc-common website

Summary

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