How To Install liburcu6 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburcu6 on Kali Linux. liburcu6 is userspace RCU (read-copy-update) library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburcu6 on Kali Linux.

What is liburcu6

liburcu6 is:

This data synchronization library provides read-side access which scales linearly with the number of cores. It does so by allowing multiples copies of a given data structure to live at the same time, and by monitoring the data structure accesses to detect grace periods after which memory reclamation is possible.

There are three methods to install liburcu6 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 liburcu6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liburcu6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liburcu6

Install liburcu6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liburcu6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liburcu6

Install liburcu6 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 liburcu6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liburcu6

How To Uninstall liburcu6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liburcu6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liburcu6

Uninstall liburcu6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liburcu6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liburcu6

Remove liburcu6 Configurations and Data

To remove liburcu6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liburcu6

Remove liburcu6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liburcu6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liburcu6

Dependencies

liburcu6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburcu6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.