How To Install libconfig-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-doc on Kali Linux. libconfig-doc is parsing/manipulation of structured config files (Documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libconfig-doc

libconfig-doc is:

This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).

This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration files.

This package provides documentation for the libconfig library.

There are three methods to install libconfig-doc 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 libconfig-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libconfig-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-doc

Install libconfig-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libconfig-doc

Install libconfig-doc 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 libconfig-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-doc

How To Uninstall libconfig-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libconfig-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libconfig-doc

Uninstall libconfig-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig-doc

Remove libconfig-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-doc

Remove libconfig-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig-doc

Dependencies

libconfig-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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