How To Install libtpl0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtpl0 on Kali Linux.

What is libtpl0

libtpl0 is:

Tpl is a library for serializing C data. The data is stored in its natural binary form. The API is small and tries to stay “out of the way”. Tpl can serialize many C data types, including structures.

Tpl makes a convenient file format. For example, suppose a program needs to store a list of user names and ids. This can be expressed using the format string “A(si)”. If the program needs two such lists (say, one for regular users and one for administrators) this could be expressed as “A(si)A(si)”. It is easy to read and write this kind of structured data using tpl.

Tpl can also be used as an IPC message format. It handles byte order issues and deframing individual messages off of a stream automatically.

There are three methods to install libtpl0 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 libtpl0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtpl0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtpl0

Install libtpl0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtpl0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtpl0

Install libtpl0 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 libtpl0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtpl0

How To Uninstall libtpl0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtpl0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtpl0

Uninstall libtpl0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtpl0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtpl0

Remove libtpl0 Configurations and Data

To remove libtpl0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtpl0

Remove libtpl0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtpl0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtpl0

Dependencies

libtpl0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libtpl0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtpl0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.