How To Install libgdata-cil-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdata-cil-dev on Kali Linux. libgdata-cil-dev is Google GData CLI client library

Introduction

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

What is libgdata-cil-dev

libgdata-cil-dev is:

GData (Google data) is a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) which provide a simple protocol for reading and writing data on the web.

Each of the following Google services provides a Google data API:

  • Base
  • Blogger
  • Calendar
  • Contacts
  • Document List
  • Google Apps Provisioning
  • Notebook
  • Picasa Web Albums
  • Spreadsheets
  • YouTube

The GData CLI Client Library provides a library and source code that make it easy to access data through Google Data APIs.

This package contains development files for the GData library, and should be used for compilation

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgdata-cil-dev

Install libgdata-cil-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgdata-cil-dev

Install libgdata-cil-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 libgdata-cil-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdata-cil-dev

How To Uninstall libgdata-cil-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgdata-cil-dev

Uninstall libgdata-cil-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdata-cil-dev

Remove libgdata-cil-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdata-cil-dev

Remove libgdata-cil-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdata-cil-dev

Dependencies

libgdata-cil-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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