How To Install libbamf3-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamf3-dev on Kali Linux. libbamf3-dev is Window matching library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamf3-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libbamf3-dev

libbamf3-dev is:

Bamf matches application windows to desktop files. It removes the headache of applications matching into a simple DBus daemon and C wrapper library. It currently features application matching at amazing levels of accuracy (covering nearly every corner case).

This package contains files that are needed to build applications.

There are three methods to install libbamf3-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 libbamf3-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 libbamf3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbamf3-dev

Install libbamf3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbamf3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbamf3-dev

Install libbamf3-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 libbamf3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbamf3-dev

How To Uninstall libbamf3-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbamf3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbamf3-dev

Uninstall libbamf3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbamf3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbamf3-dev

Remove libbamf3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libbamf3-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbamf3-dev

Remove libbamf3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbamf3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbamf3-dev

Dependencies

libbamf3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbamf3-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.