How To Install liberasurecode-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liberasurecode-dev on Kali Linux. liberasurecode-dev is support of multiple erasure code backends - development files

Introduction

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

What is liberasurecode-dev

liberasurecode-dev is:

Liberasurecode is an erasure code library which can support multiple erasure code ‘backends’. The repository includes a Jerasure for Reed-Solomon implementation.

This package contains the development files needed to build against the shared library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liberasurecode-dev

Install liberasurecode-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liberasurecode-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liberasurecode-dev

How To Uninstall liberasurecode-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liberasurecode-dev

Uninstall liberasurecode-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liberasurecode-dev

Remove liberasurecode-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liberasurecode-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liberasurecode-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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