How To Install libcpg-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpg-dev on Kali Linux. libcpg-dev is cluster engine CPG library development

Introduction

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

What is libcpg-dev

libcpg-dev is:

The Corosync Cluster Engine is a Group Communication System with additional features for implementing high availability within applications. The project provides four C Application Programming Interface features:

  • A closed process group communication model with virtual synchrony guarantees for creating replicated state machines.
  • A simple availability manager that restarts the application process when it has failed.
  • A configuration and statistics in-memory database that provide the ability to set, retrieve, and receive change notifications of information.
  • A quorum system that notifies applications when quorum is achieved or lost.

This package contains the headers and other necessary files to build applications or libraries that use the Closed Process Group library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcpg-dev

Install libcpg-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcpg-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcpg-dev

How To Uninstall libcpg-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcpg-dev

Uninstall libcpg-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpg-dev

Remove libcpg-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpg-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcpg-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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