How To Install libtbb-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb-dev on Kali Linux. libtbb-dev is parallelism library for C++ - development files

Introduction

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

What is libtbb-dev

libtbb-dev is:

TBB is a library that helps you leverage multi-core processor performance without having to be a threading expert. It represents a higher-level, task-based parallelism that abstracts platform details and threading mechanism for performance and scalability.

(Note: if you are a user of the i386 architecture, i.e., 32-bit Intel or compatible hardware, this package only supports Pentium4-compatible and higher processors.)

This package includes the TBB development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtbb-dev

Install libtbb-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtbb-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtbb-dev

How To Uninstall libtbb-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtbb-dev

Uninstall libtbb-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtbb-dev

Remove libtbb-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtbb-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtbb-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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