How To Install libgfshare-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgfshare-dev
libgfshare-dev is:
This library implements Shamir’s method for secret sharing, which can be used to split a secret (like a GPG secret key) into multiple parts, so that at least some number of those parts are needed to recover the original file, but any smaller combination of parts is useless to an attacker.
This package contains header files and static libraries, needed to compile programs that use libgfshare.
There are three methods to install libgfshare-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 libgfshare-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgfshare-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgfshare-devInstall libgfshare-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgfshare-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgfshare-devInstall libgfshare-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 libgfshare-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgfshare-devHow To Uninstall libgfshare-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgfshare-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgfshare-devUninstall libgfshare-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgfshare-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfshare-devRemove libgfshare-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgfshare-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgfshare-devRemove libgfshare-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgfshare-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfshare-devDependencies
libgfshare-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
