How To Install ucommon-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucommon-utils on Kali Linux.
What is ucommon-utils
ucommon-utils is:
GNU uCommon C++ is a lightweight library to facilitate using C++ design patterns even for very deeply embedded applications, such as for systems using uClibc along with POSIX threading support. For this reason, uCommon disables language features that consume memory or introduce runtime overhead. uCommon introduces some design patterns from Objective-C, such as reference counted objects, memory pools, and smart pointers. uCommon introduces some new concepts for handling of thread locking and synchronization.
This package contains the following utilities included as part of the GNU uCommon C++ project:
- args
- car
- keywait
- mdsum
- scrub
- sockaddr
- zerofill
There are three methods to install ucommon-utils 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 ucommon-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ucommon-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ucommon-utilsInstall ucommon-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ucommon-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ucommon-utilsInstall ucommon-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ucommon-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ucommon-utilsHow To Uninstall ucommon-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ucommon-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ucommon-utilsUninstall ucommon-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ucommon-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ucommon-utilsRemove ucommon-utils Configurations and Data
To remove ucommon-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ucommon-utilsRemove ucommon-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ucommon-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ucommon-utilsDependencies
ucommon-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucommon-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
