How To Install libzypp-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-doc on Kali Linux. libzypp-doc is openSUSE/SLES package management system library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libzypp-doc

libzypp-doc is:

libzypp is the package management library that powers applications like YaST, zypper and the openSUSE/SLE implementation of PackageKit.

libzypp provides all the functionality for a package manager:

  • an API for package repository management, supporting most common repository metadata formats and signed repositories
  • an API for solving packages, products, patterns and patches (installation, removal, update and distribution upgrade operations) dependencies, with additional features like locking
  • an API for comitting the transaction to the system over a rpm target; supporting deltarpm calculation, media changing and installation order calculation
  • an API for browsing available and installed software, with some facilities for programs with an user interface
  • a suite of maintained solving testcases representing common and uncommon operations on Linux software management

This package contains the API documentation of the libzypp library.

There are three methods to install libzypp-doc 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 libzypp-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzypp-doc

Install libzypp-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzypp-doc

Install libzypp-doc 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 libzypp-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzypp-doc

How To Uninstall libzypp-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libzypp-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzypp-doc

Uninstall libzypp-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzypp-doc

Remove libzypp-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzypp-doc

Remove libzypp-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzypp-doc

Dependencies

libzypp-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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