How To Install libustr-1.0-1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libustr-1.0-1 on Kali Linux. libustr-1.0-1 is Micro string library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libustr-1.0-1 on Kali Linux.

What is libustr-1.0-1

libustr-1.0-1 is:

ustr (Micro string library) is a string API for C. It has tiny overhead over just plain strdup(), is much safer, is easier to use, is faster for many operations, can be used with read-only or automatically allocated data. You don’t even need to link to the library to use it (so there are no dependencies).

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libustr-1.0-1 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 libustr-1.0-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libustr-1.0-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libustr-1.0-1

Install libustr-1.0-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libustr-1.0-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libustr-1.0-1

Install libustr-1.0-1 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 libustr-1.0-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libustr-1.0-1

How To Uninstall libustr-1.0-1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libustr-1.0-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libustr-1.0-1

Uninstall libustr-1.0-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libustr-1.0-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libustr-1.0-1

Remove libustr-1.0-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libustr-1.0-1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libustr-1.0-1

Remove libustr-1.0-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libustr-1.0-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libustr-1.0-1

Dependencies

libustr-1.0-1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libustr-1.0-1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.