How To Install libeinfo-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeinfo-dev on Kali Linux. libeinfo-dev is dependency based service manager (pretty console display development)

Introduction

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

What is libeinfo-dev

libeinfo-dev is:

OpenRC is a dependency based service manager. It provides support for System V init, for booting, changing runlevels, starting and stopping services, and shutting down.

Originally written as a Gentoo project, OpenRC aims at being platform-agnostic. It works equally well on Linux, BSD and Hurd. It supports the traditional init system in Debian in addition to many alternatives. OpenRC is implemented in C in a small, simple and efficient way, making it easy to understand, extend and reuse.

This package provides a development library that supports displaying messages on the console.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libeinfo-dev

Install libeinfo-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libeinfo-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libeinfo-dev

How To Uninstall libeinfo-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libeinfo-dev

Uninstall libeinfo-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeinfo-dev

Remove libeinfo-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libeinfo-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libeinfo-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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