How To Install libcmocka-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libcmocka-dev
libcmocka-dev is:
This package contains the library development files for CMocka.
The idea of CMocka is that a test application only requires the standard C library and the CMocka library itself to minimize conflicts with standard C headers especially on a lot of different platforms.
Features:
- Easy to use framework to write unit tests
- Support for mock objects
- Testing of memory leaks, buffer overflows and underflows
- Platform and compiler independent
There are three methods to install libcmocka-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 libcmocka-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 libcmocka-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcmocka-dev
Install libcmocka-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcmocka-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcmocka-dev
Install libcmocka-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 libcmocka-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcmocka-dev
How To Uninstall libcmocka-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcmocka-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcmocka-dev
Uninstall libcmocka-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcmocka-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmocka-dev
Remove libcmocka-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcmocka-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcmocka-dev
Remove libcmocka-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcmocka-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcmocka-dev
Dependencies
libcmocka-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmocka-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.