How To Install libirecovery-1.0-3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirecovery-1.0-3 on Kali Linux.

What is libirecovery-1.0-3

libirecovery-1.0-3 is:

libirecovery is a library which implements communication to iBoot/iBSS recovery mode found on Apple’s iOS devices via USB.

It can be used with the idevicerestore utility to flash firmwares to iOS devices.

There are three methods to install libirecovery-1.0-3 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 libirecovery-1.0-3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libirecovery-1.0-3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libirecovery-1.0-3

Install libirecovery-1.0-3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libirecovery-1.0-3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libirecovery-1.0-3

Install libirecovery-1.0-3 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 libirecovery-1.0-3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libirecovery-1.0-3

How To Uninstall libirecovery-1.0-3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libirecovery-1.0-3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libirecovery-1.0-3

Uninstall libirecovery-1.0-3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libirecovery-1.0-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libirecovery-1.0-3

Remove libirecovery-1.0-3 Configurations and Data

To remove libirecovery-1.0-3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libirecovery-1.0-3

Remove libirecovery-1.0-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libirecovery-1.0-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libirecovery-1.0-3

Dependencies

libirecovery-1.0-3 have the following dependencies:

• libirecovery-common
• libc6
• libusb-1.0-0

References

• libirecovery-1.0-3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libirecovery-1.0-3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.