How To Install libunwind8 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind8 on Kali Linux.
What is libunwind8
libunwind8 is:
The primary goal of this project is to define a portable and efficient C programming interface (API) to determine the call-chain of a program. The API additionally provides the means to manipulate the preserved (callee-saved) state of each call-frame and to resume execution at any point in the call-chain (non-local goto). The API supports both local (same-process) and remote (across-process) operation. As such, the API is useful in a number of applications.
This package includes the shared libraries
There are three methods to install libunwind8 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 libunwind8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libunwind8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunwind8Install libunwind8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libunwind8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunwind8Install libunwind8 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libunwind8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunwind8How To Uninstall libunwind8 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libunwind8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunwind8Uninstall libunwind8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunwind8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunwind8Remove libunwind8 Configurations and Data
To remove libunwind8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunwind8Remove libunwind8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunwind8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunwind8Dependencies
libunwind8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunwind8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
