How To Install libeatmydata1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeatmydata1 on Kali Linux.

What is libeatmydata1

libeatmydata1 is:

This package contains the actual LD_PRELOAD library (libeatmydata) supporting the operation of the eatmydata package. Users typically want to use or depend on the eatmydata package instead of this one, so see its description for further information.

There are three methods to install libeatmydata1 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 libeatmydata1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libeatmydata1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeatmydata1

Install libeatmydata1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libeatmydata1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libeatmydata1

Install libeatmydata1 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 libeatmydata1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeatmydata1

How To Uninstall libeatmydata1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libeatmydata1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeatmydata1

Uninstall libeatmydata1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libeatmydata1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeatmydata1

Remove libeatmydata1 Configurations and Data

To remove libeatmydata1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libeatmydata1

Remove libeatmydata1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libeatmydata1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeatmydata1

Dependencies

libeatmydata1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libeatmydata1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeatmydata1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.