How To Install libuser on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuser
on Kali Linux.
What is libuser
libuser is:
The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources.
Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included: lchsh, lchfn, lid, lnewusers, lgroupadd, luseradd, lgroupdel, luserdel, lusermod, lgroupmod, lchage and lpasswd.
There are three methods to install libuser
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 libuser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libuser
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libuser
Install libuser Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libuser
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libuser
Install libuser 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 libuser
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libuser
How To Uninstall libuser on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libuser
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libuser
Uninstall libuser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libuser
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuser
Remove libuser Configurations and Data
To remove libuser
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libuser
Remove libuser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libuser
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuser
Dependencies
libuser have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libuser
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.