How To Install libostree-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libostree-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libostree-dev
libostree-dev is:
libostree is a library for managing bootable, immutable, versioned filesystem trees. It is like git in that it checksums individual files and has a content-addressed object store; unlike git, it “checks out” the files using hardlinks into an immutable directory tree. This can be used to provide atomic upgrades with rollback, history and parallel-installation, particularly useful on “fixed purpose” systems such as embedded devices. It is also used by the Flatpak application runtime system.
This package contains development headers and the pkg-config file for libostree.
There are three methods to install libostree-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 libostree-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 libostree-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libostree-dev
Install libostree-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libostree-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libostree-dev
Install libostree-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 libostree-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libostree-dev
How To Uninstall libostree-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libostree-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libostree-dev
Uninstall libostree-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libostree-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libostree-dev
Remove libostree-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libostree-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libostree-dev
Remove libostree-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libostree-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libostree-dev
Dependencies
libostree-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libostree-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.