How to Install and Uninstall libsocket-wrapper Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libsocket-wrapper" package

This tutorial shows how to install libsocket-wrapper on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsocket-wrapper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsocket-wrapper" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libsocket-wrapper on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsocket-wrapper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsocket-wrapper package on Kali Linux

Package: libsocket-wrapper
Source: socket-wrapper (1.4.2-3)
Version: 1.4.2-3+b1
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Debian SSSD Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 45564
SHA256: f4feaeeb54d26f5337e7950dd1385ab0b32d4e82a9cf481702fa62ec14ce4086
SHA1: a19876ad632589ade579b466b22043317a464bb2
MD5sum: 7ea1bab29e8137db7ab762a170fc26ed
Description: socket wrapper library
socket_wrapper is a preload library that makes possible to run several
instances of the full software stack on the same machine and perform locally
functional testing of complex network configurations. It passes all socket
communication over unix domain sockets.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://cwrap.org/socket_wrapper.html
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/socket-wrapper/libsocket-wrapper_1.4.2-3+b1_amd64.deb