How To Install boolstuff-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is boolstuff-dev

boolstuff-dev is:

BoolStuff is a C++ library that supports a few operations on boolean expression binary trees. The main features are:

• a simple boolean expression parser (supports operators AND, OR and NOT, as well as parentheses)
• an algorithm to convert a boolean expression binary tree into its Disjunctive Normal Form (this algorithm supports the NOT operator)
• a function that determines if an expression tree is in DNF.

This package includes the development files for using the library from inside your programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install boolstuff-dev

Install boolstuff-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install boolstuff-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install boolstuff-dev

How To Uninstall boolstuff-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove boolstuff-dev

Uninstall boolstuff-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove boolstuff-dev

Remove boolstuff-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge boolstuff-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

boolstuff-dev have the following dependencies:

• libboolstuff-0.1-0

References

• boolstuff-dev website

Summary

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