How To Install libcexceptions-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcexceptions-dev on Kali Linux. libcexceptions-dev is C exception handling library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libcexceptions-dev

libcexceptions-dev is:

Wrappers for C functions, allowing usage of try … catch … blocks in C language. Wrapped functions include memory allocation, standard I/O and strdup.

This package contains static library and header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcexceptions-dev

Install libcexceptions-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcexceptions-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcexceptions-dev

How To Uninstall libcexceptions-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcexceptions-dev

Uninstall libcexceptions-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcexceptions-dev

Remove libcexceptions-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcexceptions-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcexceptions-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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