How to Install and Uninstall libzim8 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "libzim8" package

This is a short guide on how to install libzim8 on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libzim8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libzim8" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libzim8 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libzim8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libzim8 package on Kali Linux

Package: libzim8
Source: libzim
Version: 8.2.1-2
Installed-Size: 881
Maintainer: Kunal Mehta
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libxapian30 (>= 1.4.19~), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.5)
Breaks: python3-libzim (<< 0.0.3-2)
Size: 276580
SHA256: 0e1d6fb74c9ab530cfbf9c58f5331b58c03568e0aa5f1a421cbc5e377ef1ca65
SHA1: 89594266981246707799a7214f30286c396b7038
MD5sum: 8abf9b5e9aea62beffad51fba602a516
Description: library implementation of ZIM specifications
ZIM (Zeno IMproved) is an open file format for storing the contents of
wiki for offline usage. This file format is primarily focused on
providing the contents of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects for offline
use.
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libzim is the standard implementation of ZIM specification, which
implements the read and write method for ZIM files.
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ZIM is a file format created with focus on extracting and encoding data
from Mediawiki for offline use.
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Features of libzim are:
* Native, coded in C++
* Extremely fast
* Minimal footprint
* Minimal dependencies
* Portable on most OS (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.openzim.org/wiki/Libzim
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libz/libzim/libzim8_8.2.1-2_amd64.deb