How To Install libelf-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelf-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libelf-dev
libelf-dev is:
libelf1 provides a shared library which allows reading and writing of ELF files on a high level.
This package contains development libraries and header files for libelf1.
There are three methods to install libelf-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 libelf-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 libelf-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libelf-dev
Install libelf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libelf-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libelf-dev
Install libelf-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 libelf-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libelf-dev
How To Uninstall libelf-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libelf-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libelf-dev
Uninstall libelf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libelf-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelf-dev
Remove libelf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libelf-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libelf-dev
Remove libelf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libelf-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libelf-dev
Dependencies
libelf-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelf-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.