How To Install yaz-illclient on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yaz-illclient on Kali Linux.

What is yaz-illclient

yaz-illclient is:

YAZ is a toolkit that allows you to develop software using the Z39.50/ISO23950 standard for information retrieval.

The yaz-illclient program is a command-line based client which sends ILL requests to a server and decodes the response.

There are three methods to install yaz-illclient 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 yaz-illclient Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yaz-illclient

Install yaz-illclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yaz-illclient

Install yaz-illclient 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 yaz-illclient using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yaz-illclient

How To Uninstall yaz-illclient on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yaz-illclient package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yaz-illclient

Uninstall yaz-illclient And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaz-illclient

Remove yaz-illclient Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yaz-illclient

Remove yaz-illclient configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaz-illclient

Dependencies

yaz-illclient have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libyaz5

References

• yaz-illclient website

Summary

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