How To Install libanet5-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet5-dev on Kali Linux. libanet5-dev is Ada networking library (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet5-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libanet5-dev

libanet5-dev is:

Anet is a networking library for the Ada programming language. The library provides a BSD socket implementation with a high level of abstraction and an extendable socket type hierarchy.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libanet5-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 libanet5-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 libanet5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libanet5-dev

Install libanet5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libanet5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libanet5-dev

Install libanet5-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 libanet5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libanet5-dev

How To Uninstall libanet5-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libanet5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libanet5-dev

Uninstall libanet5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libanet5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libanet5-dev

Remove libanet5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libanet5-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libanet5-dev

Remove libanet5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libanet5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libanet5-dev

Dependencies

libanet5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanet5-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.