How To Install libhd-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhd-dev on Kali Linux. libhd-dev is Hardware identification system library and headers

Introduction

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

What is libhd-dev

libhd-dev is:

hwinfo is the hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux.

In Debian Edu (Skolelinux) hwinfo has shown better results than discover when detecting mouse, keyboard and monitor.

hwinfo collects information about the hardware installed on a system. Among others, libhd contains information about cdrom, zip, floppy, disks and partitions, network card, graphics card, monitor, camera, mouse, sound, pppoe, isdn, modem, printer, scanner, bios, cpu, usb, memory and smp.

This package contains the static library and header files from the hwinfo package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhd-dev

Install libhd-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhd-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhd-dev

How To Uninstall libhd-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libhd-dev

Uninstall libhd-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhd-dev

Remove libhd-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhd-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libhd-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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