How To Install libunarr1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunarr1 on Kali Linux.

What is libunarr1

libunarr1 is:

unarr originated as a port of the RAR extraction features from The Unarchiver project required for extracting images from comic book archives (.cbr). It was written as an alternative to libarchive which didn’t have support for parsing filters or solid compression at the time.

This package holds the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libunarr1 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 libunarr1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunarr1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunarr1

Install libunarr1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunarr1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunarr1

Install libunarr1 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 libunarr1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunarr1

How To Uninstall libunarr1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libunarr1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunarr1

Uninstall libunarr1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunarr1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunarr1

Remove libunarr1 Configurations and Data

To remove libunarr1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunarr1

Remove libunarr1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunarr1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunarr1

Dependencies

libunarr1 have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• libunarr1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunarr1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.