How To Install libunistring2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring2 on Kali Linux.

What is libunistring2

libunistring2 is:

The ’libunistring’ library implements Unicode strings (in the UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 encodings), together with functions for Unicode characters (character names, classifications, properties) and functions for string processing (formatted output, width, word breaks, line breaks, normalization, case folding, regular expressions).

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libunistring2 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 libunistring2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunistring2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunistring2

Install libunistring2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunistring2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunistring2

Install libunistring2 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 libunistring2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunistring2

How To Uninstall libunistring2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libunistring2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunistring2

Uninstall libunistring2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunistring2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunistring2

Remove libunistring2 Configurations and Data

To remove libunistring2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunistring2

Remove libunistring2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunistring2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunistring2

Dependencies

libunistring2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libunistring2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.