How To Install libutempter0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter0 on Kali Linux.

What is libutempter0

libutempter0 is:

The libutempter library provides interface for terminal emulators such as screen and xterm to record user sessions to utmp and wtmp files.

The utempter is a privileged helper used by libutempter library to manipulate utmp and wtmp files.

There are three methods to install libutempter0 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 libutempter0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libutempter0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libutempter0

Install libutempter0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libutempter0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libutempter0

Install libutempter0 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 libutempter0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libutempter0

How To Uninstall libutempter0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libutempter0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libutempter0

Uninstall libutempter0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libutempter0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libutempter0

Remove libutempter0 Configurations and Data

To remove libutempter0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libutempter0

Remove libutempter0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libutempter0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libutempter0

Dependencies

libutempter0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libutempter0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libutempter0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.