How To Install lr on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lr

lr is:

lr is a tool for generating file listings, which includes the best features of ls(1), find(1), stat(1) and du(1).

It has a powerful and user-friendly filter syntax, sorting and formatting capabilities.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lr

Install lr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lr

Install lr 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 lr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lr

How To Uninstall lr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lr

Uninstall lr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lr

Remove lr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lr

Remove lr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lr

Dependencies

lr have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lr website

Summary

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