How To Install libwinpr2-2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwinpr2-2 on Kali Linux. libwinpr2-2 is Windows Portable Runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwinpr2-2 on Kali Linux.

What is libwinpr2-2

libwinpr2-2 is:

WinPR is a spin-off project of FreeRDP which aims at providing a portable implementation of important portions of the Windows API. Just like FreeRDP, WinPR is released under the Apache license. Unlike Wine, WinPR does not provide binary compatibility, and does not require applications to be built for Windows. Instead, WinPR provides API compatibility for applications targeting non-Windows environments. When on Windows, the original native API is being used instead of the equivalent WinPR implementation, without having to modify the code using it.

This package contains the WinPR shared library.

There are three methods to install libwinpr2-2 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 libwinpr2-2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwinpr2-2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwinpr2-2

Install libwinpr2-2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwinpr2-2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwinpr2-2

Install libwinpr2-2 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 libwinpr2-2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwinpr2-2

How To Uninstall libwinpr2-2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwinpr2-2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwinpr2-2

Uninstall libwinpr2-2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwinpr2-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwinpr2-2

Remove libwinpr2-2 Configurations and Data

To remove libwinpr2-2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwinpr2-2

Remove libwinpr2-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwinpr2-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwinpr2-2

Dependencies

libwinpr2-2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwinpr2-2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.