How To Install libgc-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgc-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgc-dev
libgc-dev is:
Boehm-Demers-Weiser’s GC is a garbage collecting storage allocator that is intended to be used as a plug-in replacement for C’s malloc or C++’s new().
It allows you to allocate memory basically as you normally would without explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be used.
This version of the collector is thread safe, has C++ support and uses the defaults for everything else. However, it does not work as a drop-in malloc(3) replacement.
This package is required to compile and link programs that use libgc1c2.
There are three methods to install libgc-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 libgc-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgc-devInstall libgc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgc-devInstall libgc-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgc-devHow To Uninstall libgc-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgc-devUninstall libgc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgc-devRemove libgc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgc-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgc-devRemove libgc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgc-devDependencies
libgc-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgc-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
