How To Install libzim6 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim6 on Kali Linux. libzim6 is library implementation of ZIM specifications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim6 on Kali Linux.

What is libzim6

libzim6 is:

ZIM (Zeno IMproved) is an open file format for storing the contents of wiki for offline usage. This file format is primarily focused on providing the contents of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects for offline use.

zimlib is the standard implementation of ZIM specification, which implements the read and write method for ZIM files.

ZIM is a file format created with focus on extracting and encoding data from Mediawiki for offline use.

Features of zimlib are:

  • Native, coded in C++
  • Extremely fast
  • Minimal footprint
  • Minimal dependencies
  • Portable on most OS (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)

There are three methods to install libzim6 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 libzim6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libzim6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzim6

Install libzim6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libzim6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libzim6

Install libzim6 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 libzim6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzim6

How To Uninstall libzim6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libzim6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzim6

Uninstall libzim6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzim6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzim6

Remove libzim6 Configurations and Data

To remove libzim6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzim6

Remove libzim6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libzim6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzim6

Dependencies

libzim6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.