How To Install libburn-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libburn-dev on Kali Linux. libburn-dev is development package for libburn4

Introduction

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

What is libburn-dev

libburn-dev is:

This package contains the headers, pkgconfig data and static library for libburn. You need the headers if you want to develop or compile applications which make use of the libburn4 API. Its definition is in <libburn/libburn.h>.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libburn-dev

Install libburn-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libburn-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libburn-dev

How To Uninstall libburn-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libburn-dev

Uninstall libburn-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libburn-dev

Remove libburn-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libburn-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libburn-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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