How To Install abi-monitor on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install abi-monitor on Kali Linux.

What is abi-monitor

abi-monitor is:

abi-monitor checks for new versions of a software library, try to build them and create a profile for the abi-tracker tool.

This tool is intended to be used together with the ABI Tracker tool to visualize API/ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ library.

There are three methods to install abi-monitor 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 abi-monitor Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install abi-monitor using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install abi-monitor

Install abi-monitor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abi-monitor

Install abi-monitor 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 abi-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abi-monitor

How To Uninstall abi-monitor on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the abi-monitor package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove abi-monitor

Uninstall abi-monitor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abi-monitor

Remove abi-monitor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge abi-monitor

Remove abi-monitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abi-monitor

Dependencies

abi-monitor have the following dependencies:

• build-essential
• wget
• curl
• libdata-dump-perl
• perl

References

• abi-monitor website

Summary

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