How To Install flatbuffers-compiler-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatbuffers-compiler-dev on Kali Linux.
What is flatbuffers-compiler-dev
flatbuffers-compiler-dev is:
FlatBuffers is an efficient cross platform serialization library for C++, C#, C, Go, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, and Python. It was originally created at Google for game development and other performance-critical applications.
This package contains the development cmake files needed to use flatbuffer-compiler in a cross compiling environment.
There are three methods to install flatbuffers-compiler-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 flatbuffers-compiler-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install flatbuffers-compiler-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flatbuffers-compiler-devInstall flatbuffers-compiler-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install flatbuffers-compiler-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flatbuffers-compiler-devInstall flatbuffers-compiler-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install flatbuffers-compiler-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flatbuffers-compiler-devHow To Uninstall flatbuffers-compiler-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the flatbuffers-compiler-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flatbuffers-compiler-devUninstall flatbuffers-compiler-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flatbuffers-compiler-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flatbuffers-compiler-devRemove flatbuffers-compiler-dev Configurations and Data
To remove flatbuffers-compiler-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flatbuffers-compiler-devRemove flatbuffers-compiler-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flatbuffers-compiler-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flatbuffers-compiler-devDependencies
flatbuffers-compiler-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatbuffers-compiler-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.