How To Install libzip-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip-ocaml on Kali Linux. libzip-ocaml is OCaml compression libraries (runtime libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzip-ocaml on Kali Linux.

What is libzip-ocaml

libzip-ocaml is:

This Objective Caml library provides easy access to compressed files in ZIP and GZIP format, as well as to Java JAR files. It provides functions for reading from and writing to compressed files in these formats.

This package contains only the shared runtime stub libraries.

There are three methods to install libzip-ocaml 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 libzip-ocaml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzip-ocaml

Install libzip-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzip-ocaml

Install libzip-ocaml 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 libzip-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzip-ocaml

How To Uninstall libzip-ocaml on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libzip-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzip-ocaml

Uninstall libzip-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzip-ocaml

Remove libzip-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzip-ocaml

Remove libzip-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzip-ocaml

Dependencies

libzip-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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