How To Install libyara4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyara4 on Kali Linux.

What is libyara4

libyara4 is:

YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.

Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular expressions and many other features.

This package provides a shared library.

There are three methods to install libyara4 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 libyara4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libyara4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libyara4

Install libyara4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libyara4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libyara4

Install libyara4 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 libyara4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libyara4

How To Uninstall libyara4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libyara4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libyara4

Uninstall libyara4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libyara4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyara4

Remove libyara4 Configurations and Data

To remove libyara4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libyara4

Remove libyara4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libyara4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyara4

Dependencies

libyara4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjansson4
• libmagic1
• libssl1.1

References

• libyara4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyara4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.