How To Install libbbhash-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbbhash-dev on Kali Linux. libbbhash-dev is bloom-filter based minimal perfect hash function library

Introduction

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

What is libbbhash-dev

libbbhash-dev is:

BBHash is a simple library for building minimal perfect hash function. It is designed to handle large scale datasets. The function is just a little bit larger than other state-of-the-art libraries, it takes approximately 3 bits / elements (compared to 2.62 bits/elem for the emphf lib), but construction is faster and does not require additional memory.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbbhash-dev

Install libbbhash-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbbhash-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbbhash-dev

How To Uninstall libbbhash-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libbbhash-dev

Uninstall libbbhash-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbbhash-dev

Remove libbbhash-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbbhash-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libbbhash-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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