How To Install libpog-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpog-dev on Kali Linux. libpog-dev is C++ library for generating LALR(1) parsers

Introduction

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

What is libpog-dev

libpog-dev is:

Pog is C++17 library for generating LALR(1) parsers. This library is header-only itself but requires RE2 library which does not come with header-only version. It splits definitions of parser into:

  • Declaration of tokens (regular expressions describing how the input should be tokenized)
  • Grammar rules over tokens from tokenization phase

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpog-dev

Install libpog-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpog-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpog-dev

How To Uninstall libpog-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpog-dev

Uninstall libpog-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpog-dev

Remove libpog-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpog-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpog-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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