How To Install libxslt1.1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt1.1 on Kali Linux.

What is libxslt1.1

libxslt1.1 is:

XSLT is an XML language for defining transformations of XML files from XML to some other arbitrary format, such as XML, HTML, plain text, etc. using standard XSLT stylesheets. libxslt is a C library which implements XSLT version 1.0.

This package contains the libxslt library used by applications for XSLT transformations.

There are three methods to install libxslt1.1 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 libxslt1.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxslt1.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxslt1.1

Install libxslt1.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxslt1.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxslt1.1

Install libxslt1.1 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 libxslt1.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxslt1.1

How To Uninstall libxslt1.1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxslt1.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxslt1.1

Uninstall libxslt1.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxslt1.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxslt1.1

Remove libxslt1.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxslt1.1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxslt1.1

Remove libxslt1.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxslt1.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxslt1.1

Dependencies

libxslt1.1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcrypt20
• libxml2

References

• libxslt1.1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxslt1.1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.