How To Install zziplib-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install zziplib-bin on Kali Linux. zziplib-bin is library providing read access on ZIP-archives - binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zziplib-bin on Kali Linux.

What is zziplib-bin

zziplib-bin is:

The zziplib library is intentionally lightweight, it offers the ability to easily extract data from files archived in a single zip file. Applications can bundle files into a single zip archive and access them. The implementation is based only on the (free) subset of compression with the zlib algorithm which is actually used by the zip/unzip tools.

This package contains some useful binaries to extract data from zip archives.

There are three methods to install zziplib-bin 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 zziplib-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zziplib-bin

Install zziplib-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zziplib-bin

Install zziplib-bin 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 zziplib-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zziplib-bin

How To Uninstall zziplib-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zziplib-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zziplib-bin

Uninstall zziplib-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zziplib-bin

Remove zziplib-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zziplib-bin

Remove zziplib-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zziplib-bin

Dependencies

zziplib-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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