How To Install libserf-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libserf-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libserf-dev
libserf-dev is:
serf library is a C-based HTTP client library built upon the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library. It multiplexes connections, running the read/write communication asynchronously. Memory copies and transformations are kept to a minimum to provide high performance operation.
This package contains development headers for serf.
There are three methods to install libserf-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 libserf-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 libserf-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libserf-dev
Install libserf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libserf-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libserf-dev
Install libserf-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 libserf-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libserf-dev
How To Uninstall libserf-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libserf-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libserf-dev
Uninstall libserf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libserf-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libserf-dev
Remove libserf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libserf-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libserf-dev
Remove libserf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libserf-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libserf-dev
Dependencies
libserf-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libserf-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.