How To Install cmocka-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cmocka-doc on Kali Linux.

What is cmocka-doc

cmocka-doc is:

This package contains the documentation and examples for CMocka.

The idea of CMocka is that a test application only requires the standard C library and the CMocka library itself to minimize conflicts with standard C headers especially on a lot of different platforms.

Features:

• Easy to use framework to write unit tests
• Support for mock objects
• Testing of memory leaks, buffer overflows and underflows
• Platform and compiler independent

There are three methods to install cmocka-doc 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 cmocka-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cmocka-doc

Install cmocka-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cmocka-doc

Install cmocka-doc 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 cmocka-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cmocka-doc

How To Uninstall cmocka-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cmocka-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cmocka-doc

Uninstall cmocka-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmocka-doc

Remove cmocka-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cmocka-doc

Remove cmocka-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmocka-doc

Dependencies

cmocka-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-jquery

References

• cmocka-doc website

Summary

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