How To Install libgeocode-glib0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeocode-glib0 on Kali Linux.

What is libgeocode-glib0

libgeocode-glib0 is:

Geocode-glib allows you to do geocoding (going from a place name, to a longitude/latitude pair) and reverse geocoding (finding a place name from coordinates) using the Nominatim service.

This library should be used in place of Geoclue’s D-Bus API for geocoding and reverse geocoding.

There are three methods to install libgeocode-glib0 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 libgeocode-glib0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeocode-glib0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgeocode-glib0

Install libgeocode-glib0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgeocode-glib0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgeocode-glib0

Install libgeocode-glib0 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 libgeocode-glib0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeocode-glib0

How To Uninstall libgeocode-glib0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgeocode-glib0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgeocode-glib0

Uninstall libgeocode-glib0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgeocode-glib0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeocode-glib0

Remove libgeocode-glib0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgeocode-glib0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeocode-glib0

Remove libgeocode-glib0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgeocode-glib0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeocode-glib0

Dependencies

libgeocode-glib0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libjson-glib-1.0-0
• libsoup2.4-1

References

• libgeocode-glib0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeocode-glib0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.