How To Install libyang-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyang-tools on Kali Linux.

What is libyang-tools

libyang-tools is:

This package provides the “yanglint” and “yangre” tools which can be used during the creation of IETF YANG schemas. The tools are not generally useful for normal operation where libyang primarily processes configuration data, not schemas.

There are three methods to install libyang-tools 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 libyang-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libyang-tools

Install libyang-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libyang-tools

Install libyang-tools 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 libyang-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libyang-tools

How To Uninstall libyang-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libyang-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libyang-tools

Uninstall libyang-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyang-tools

Remove libyang-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libyang-tools

Remove libyang-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyang-tools

Dependencies

libyang-tools have the following dependencies:

• libyang1
• libc6

References

• libyang-tools website

Summary

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