How to Install and Uninstall idn Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "idn" package

Learn how to install idn on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                idn
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "idn" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall idn on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                idn
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the idn package on Kali Linux

Package: idn
Source: libidn
Version: 1.42-1
Installed-Size: 118
Maintainer: Debian Libidn Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libidn12 (>= 1.13)
Size: 73416
SHA256: 3e1865027543c4600c904bdd8691f0396fb5abdd53128cc199fb20fa7e7c20d8
SHA1: ec0c24d1eb8a9f94edd42f07fc2069304e2fbcbe
MD5sum: 18a974ba6aba0054a04d4228ad4f1935
Description: Command line interface to GNU Libidn
GNU Libidn is a fully documented implementation of the Stringprep,
Punycode and IDNA specifications. Libidn's purpose is to encode and
decode internationalized domain names. The Nameprep, XMPP, SASLprep,
and iSCSI profiles are supported.
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This package contains the idn command-line tool, and the Libidn
manual.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/
Tag: devel::i18n, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::lisp,
interface::commandline, role::plugin, role::program, scope::utility,
suite::emacs, suite::gnu, works-with::text, works-with::unicode
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libi/libidn/idn_1.42-1_amd64.deb