How To Install libytnef0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libytnef0 on Kali Linux.

What is libytnef0

libytnef0 is:

Yerase’s TNEF Stream Reader allows you to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments, which are usually entitled “winmail.dat” and are generally a file container format that is only readable by Microsoft Outlook. Some TNEF streams also include RTF-formatted data.

libytnef0 is the support library that exposes these functions to other programs. The ytnef program is the frontend for this library, so you should probably install that (included in ytnef-tools) if you want to take advantage of it.

There are three methods to install libytnef0 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 libytnef0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libytnef0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libytnef0

Install libytnef0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libytnef0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libytnef0

Install libytnef0 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 libytnef0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libytnef0

How To Uninstall libytnef0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libytnef0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libytnef0

Uninstall libytnef0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libytnef0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libytnef0

Remove libytnef0 Configurations and Data

To remove libytnef0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libytnef0

Remove libytnef0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libytnef0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libytnef0

Dependencies

libytnef0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libytnef0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libytnef0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.