How To Install network-manager-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-dev on Kali Linux. network-manager-dev is network management framework (development files)

Introduction

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

What is network-manager-dev

network-manager-dev is:

This package provides documentation of the NetworkManager D-Bus API, the configuration formats and command line utilities. It also provides D-Bus introspection files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-dev

Install network-manager-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install network-manager-dev

Install network-manager-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 network-manager-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-dev

How To Uninstall network-manager-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove network-manager-dev

Uninstall network-manager-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-dev

Remove network-manager-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-dev

Remove network-manager-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-dev

Dependencies

network-manager-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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