How To Install libunrar-headers on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunrar-headers on Kali Linux.

What is libunrar-headers

libunrar-headers is:

This package contains the header files for the libunrar library.

There are three methods to install libunrar-headers 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 libunrar-headers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libunrar-headers

Install libunrar-headers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libunrar-headers

Install libunrar-headers 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 libunrar-headers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunrar-headers

How To Uninstall libunrar-headers on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libunrar-headers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunrar-headers

Uninstall libunrar-headers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunrar-headers

Remove libunrar-headers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libunrar-headers

Remove libunrar-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunrar-headers

Dependencies

libunrar-headers have the following dependencies:

References

• libunrar-headers website

Summary

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