How To Install libmsi-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsi-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libmsi-dev
libmsi-dev is:
libmsi provides functions to manipulate Windows Installer (.msi) files, both for reading and writing their contents and querying their databases.
This package contains the header files and libraries required to develop software using libmsi.
There are three methods to install libmsi-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 libmsi-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 libmsi-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmsi-dev
Install libmsi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmsi-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmsi-dev
Install libmsi-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 libmsi-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmsi-dev
How To Uninstall libmsi-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmsi-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmsi-dev
Uninstall libmsi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmsi-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsi-dev
Remove libmsi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmsi-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmsi-dev
Remove libmsi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmsi-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmsi-dev
Dependencies
libmsi-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsi-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.