How To Install libtoxcore-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtoxcore-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libtoxcore-dev
libtoxcore-dev is:
Tox provides an encrypted, distributed, and extensible peer-to-peer platform that can be used for various forms of communication. Tox is intended to be used as a multimedia messenger, but many people have shown that Tox can be used for a lot more than just instant messaging.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install libtoxcore-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 libtoxcore-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 libtoxcore-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtoxcore-dev
Install libtoxcore-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtoxcore-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtoxcore-dev
Install libtoxcore-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 libtoxcore-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtoxcore-dev
How To Uninstall libtoxcore-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libtoxcore-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtoxcore-dev
Uninstall libtoxcore-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtoxcore-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtoxcore-dev
Remove libtoxcore-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtoxcore-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtoxcore-dev
Remove libtoxcore-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtoxcore-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtoxcore-dev
Dependencies
libtoxcore-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtoxcore-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.