How To Install libxdelta2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdelta2 on Kali Linux.

What is libxdelta2

libxdelta2 is:

Xdelta is an application program designed to compute changes between files. These changes (deltas) are similar to the output of the “diff” program in that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between files. However, unlike diff, the output of Xdelta is not expressed in a human-readable format–Xdelta can also apply these deltas to a copy of the original file. Xdelta uses a fast, linear algorithm and performs well on both binary and text files.

This is the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libxdelta2 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 libxdelta2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdelta2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxdelta2

Install libxdelta2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdelta2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxdelta2

Install libxdelta2 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 libxdelta2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxdelta2

How To Uninstall libxdelta2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxdelta2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxdelta2

Uninstall libxdelta2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxdelta2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdelta2

Remove libxdelta2 Configurations and Data

To remove libxdelta2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxdelta2

Remove libxdelta2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxdelta2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdelta2

Dependencies

libxdelta2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0

References

• libxdelta2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdelta2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.