How To Install libhawknl-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libhawknl-dev
libhawknl-dev is:
HawkNL is a free, open source, game oriented network API.
HawkNL (NL) is a fairly low level API, a wrapper over Berkeley/Unix Sockets and Winsock. But NL also provides other features including support for:
- Multiple operating systems.
- Groups of sockets
- Socket statistics
- High accuracy timer
- CRC functions
- Macros to read and write data to packets with endian conversion
- Multiple network transports.
This package contains the development libraries and headers.
There are three methods to install libhawknl-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 libhawknl-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhawknl-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhawknl-devInstall libhawknl-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhawknl-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhawknl-devInstall libhawknl-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 libhawknl-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhawknl-devHow To Uninstall libhawknl-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libhawknl-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhawknl-devUninstall libhawknl-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhawknl-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawknl-devRemove libhawknl-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhawknl-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhawknl-devRemove libhawknl-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhawknl-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhawknl-devDependencies
libhawknl-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
