How To Install libtlsh-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtlsh-dev on Kali Linux. libtlsh-dev is fuzzy hashing library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libtlsh-dev

libtlsh-dev is:

The Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash is a fuzzy hash algorithm that can be used to compare similar but not identical files.

Identifying near duplicates and similar files is known to be useful to identify malware samples with similar binary file structure, variants of spam email, or backups with corrupted files.

This package contains the development headers and the static library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtlsh-dev

Install libtlsh-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtlsh-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtlsh-dev

How To Uninstall libtlsh-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtlsh-dev

Uninstall libtlsh-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtlsh-dev

Remove libtlsh-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtlsh-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtlsh-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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