How To Install libteckit-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libteckit-dev on Kali Linux. libteckit-dev is Development files for TECkit encoding conversion library

Introduction

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

What is libteckit-dev

libteckit-dev is:

TECkit is a toolkit for encoding conversions. It offers a simple format for describing the mapping between legacy 8-bit encodings and Unicode, and a set of utilities based on such descriptions for converting text between 8-bit and Unicode encodings.

It also includes a compiler for a mapping description language that allows for bidirectional conversion description (i.e. the same description is used for conversion to and from Unicode).

This package contains development files to allow linking to libTECkit for data conversion, and libTECkit_Compiler to compile mappings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libteckit-dev

Install libteckit-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libteckit-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libteckit-dev

How To Uninstall libteckit-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libteckit-dev

Uninstall libteckit-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libteckit-dev

Remove libteckit-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libteckit-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libteckit-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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