How To Install libabigail-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libabigail-dev on Kali Linux. libabigail-dev is ABI Generic Analysis and Instrumentation Library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libabigail-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libabigail-dev

libabigail-dev is:

This is an interface to the GNU Compiler Collection for the collection and analysis of compiler-generated binaries.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libabigail-dev 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 libabigail-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libabigail-dev

Install libabigail-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libabigail-dev

Install libabigail-dev 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 libabigail-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libabigail-dev

How To Uninstall libabigail-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libabigail-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libabigail-dev

Uninstall libabigail-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libabigail-dev

Remove libabigail-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libabigail-dev

Remove libabigail-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libabigail-dev

Dependencies

libabigail-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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