How To Install libkml-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkml-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libkml-dev
libkml-dev is:
This is a library for use with applications that want to parse, generate and operate on KML, a geo-data XML variant. It is an implementation of the OGC KML 2.2 standard. It is written in C++ and bindings are available via SWIG to Java and Python.
This package contains files required to build C/C++ programs which use the KML library.
There are three methods to install libkml-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 libkml-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libkml-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkml-devInstall libkml-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libkml-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkml-devInstall libkml-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 libkml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkml-devHow To Uninstall libkml-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libkml-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkml-devUninstall libkml-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkml-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkml-devRemove libkml-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libkml-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkml-devRemove libkml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkml-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkml-devDependencies
libkml-dev have the following dependencies:
- libkmlbase1
- libkmlconvenience1
- libkmldom1
- libkmlengine1
- libkmlregionator1
- libkmlxsd1
- libminizip-dev
- liburiparser-dev
- libboost-dev
- libexpat1-dev
- zlib1g-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkml-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
