How To Install libuutil3linux on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuutil3linux on Kali Linux.

What is libuutil3linux

libuutil3linux is:

This library provides a variety of glue functions for ZFS on Linux:

• libspl: The Solaris Porting Layer userland library, which provides APIs that make it possible to run Solaris user code in a Linux environment with relatively minimal modification.
• libavl: The Adelson-Velskii Landis balanced binary tree manipulation library.
• libefi: The Extensible Firmware Interface library for GUID disk partitioning.
• libshare: NFS, SMB, and iSCSI service integration for ZFS.

There are three methods to install libuutil3linux 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 libuutil3linux Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libuutil3linux using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libuutil3linux

Install libuutil3linux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libuutil3linux using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libuutil3linux

Install libuutil3linux 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 libuutil3linux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libuutil3linux

How To Uninstall libuutil3linux on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libuutil3linux package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libuutil3linux

Uninstall libuutil3linux And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libuutil3linux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuutil3linux

Remove libuutil3linux Configurations and Data

To remove libuutil3linux configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libuutil3linux

Remove libuutil3linux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libuutil3linux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuutil3linux

Dependencies

libuutil3linux have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libuutil3linux website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuutil3linux package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.