How To Install libasyncns-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasyncns-dev on Kali Linux. libasyncns-dev is Asynchronous name service query library development files

Introduction

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

What is libasyncns-dev

libasyncns-dev is:

libasyncns is a C library for Linux/Unix for executing name service queries asynchronously. It is an asynchronous wrapper around getaddrinfo(3), getnameinfo(3), res_query(3) and res_search(3) from libc and libresolv.

This package contains development headers and libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libasyncns-dev

Install libasyncns-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libasyncns-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libasyncns-dev

How To Uninstall libasyncns-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libasyncns-dev

Uninstall libasyncns-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasyncns-dev

Remove libasyncns-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libasyncns-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libasyncns-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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