How To Install libixp-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libixp-dev on Kali Linux. libixp-dev is simple 9P client-/server-library (development)

Introduction

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

What is libixp-dev

libixp-dev is:

This is a an extremely simple 9P stand-alone library. 9P is a virtual filesystem from the Plan9 operating system.

This package contains the development library and its headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libixp-dev

Install libixp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libixp-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libixp-dev

How To Uninstall libixp-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libixp-dev

Uninstall libixp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libixp-dev

Remove libixp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libixp-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libixp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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