How To Install xmlrpc-api-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-api-utils on Kali Linux. xmlrpc-api-utils is Generate C++ wrapper classes for XML-RPC servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xmlrpc-api-utils on Kali Linux.

What is xmlrpc-api-utils

xmlrpc-api-utils is:

XML-RPC is a quick-and-easy way to make procedure calls over the Internet. It converts the procedure call into an XML document, sends it to a remote server using HTTP, and gets back the response as XML.

This package contains two programs:

  • xml-rpc-api2cpp, a utility for generating C++ wrapper classes based on an XML-RPC API, obtained by interrogating an XML-RPC server.
  • xml-rpc-api2txt, a utility for printing out an XML-RPC API as a text file. The API is obtained by interrogating an XML-RPC server.

There are three methods to install xmlrpc-api-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 xmlrpc-api-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmlrpc-api-utils

Install xmlrpc-api-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xmlrpc-api-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xmlrpc-api-utils

Install xmlrpc-api-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install xmlrpc-api-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xmlrpc-api-utils

How To Uninstall xmlrpc-api-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xmlrpc-api-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xmlrpc-api-utils

Uninstall xmlrpc-api-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlrpc-api-utils

Remove xmlrpc-api-utils Configurations and Data

To remove xmlrpc-api-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xmlrpc-api-utils

Remove xmlrpc-api-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xmlrpc-api-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmlrpc-api-utils

Dependencies

xmlrpc-api-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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