How To Install cthreadpool-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cthreadpool-dev on Kali Linux. cthreadpool-dev is minimal ANSI C thread pool - development files

Introduction

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

What is cthreadpool-dev

cthreadpool-dev is:

These are C development files for the C-Thread-Pool library. This is a minimal but advanced threadpool implementation.

  • ANCI C and POSIX compliant
  • Pause/resume/wait as you like
  • Simple easy-to-digest API
  • Well tested This software does not ship as a shared library since it is very small and there is a technical difficulty with this implementation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cthreadpool-dev

Install cthreadpool-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cthreadpool-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install cthreadpool-dev

How To Uninstall cthreadpool-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cthreadpool-dev

Uninstall cthreadpool-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cthreadpool-dev

Remove cthreadpool-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cthreadpool-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

cthreadpool-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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