How To Install maptool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is maptool

maptool is:

Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.

Its modular design is capable of using vector maps of various formats for routing and rendering of the displayed map. It’s even possible to use multiple maps at a time.

This package contains maptool, a tool to convert OpenStreetMap maps to the Navit format.

Note that maptool is only built on 64bit architectures.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install maptool

Install maptool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maptool

Install maptool 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 maptool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maptool

How To Uninstall maptool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove maptool

Uninstall maptool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maptool

Remove maptool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge maptool

Remove maptool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maptool

Dependencies

maptool have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libprotobuf-c1
• zlib1g

References

• maptool website

Summary

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