How To Install liblog4cxx11 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cxx11 on Kali Linux.

What is liblog4cxx11

liblog4cxx11 is:

Log4cxx is the C++ port of log4j, a logging framework for JAVA. Log4cxx attempts to mimic log4j usage as much as the language will allow and to be compatible with log4j configuration and output formats.

There are three methods to install liblog4cxx11 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 liblog4cxx11 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4cxx11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblog4cxx11

Install liblog4cxx11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4cxx11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblog4cxx11

Install liblog4cxx11 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 liblog4cxx11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblog4cxx11

How To Uninstall liblog4cxx11 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblog4cxx11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblog4cxx11

Uninstall liblog4cxx11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblog4cxx11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4cxx11

Remove liblog4cxx11 Configurations and Data

To remove liblog4cxx11 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4cxx11

Remove liblog4cxx11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblog4cxx11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4cxx11

Dependencies

liblog4cxx11 have the following dependencies:

• libapr1
• libaprutil1
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• liblog4cxx11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cxx11 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.