How To Install flatbuffers-compiler on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatbuffers-compiler on Kali Linux.
What is flatbuffers-compiler
flatbuffers-compiler 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 flat buffer compiler that is used for translating from .proto files (containing the definitions) to the language binding for the supported languages.
There are three methods to install flatbuffers-compiler 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flatbuffers-compilerInstall flatbuffers-compiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install flatbuffers-compiler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flatbuffers-compilerInstall flatbuffers-compiler 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flatbuffers-compilerHow To Uninstall flatbuffers-compiler on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the flatbuffers-compiler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flatbuffers-compilerUninstall flatbuffers-compiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flatbuffers-compiler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flatbuffers-compilerRemove flatbuffers-compiler Configurations and Data
To remove flatbuffers-compiler configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flatbuffers-compilerRemove flatbuffers-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flatbuffers-compiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flatbuffers-compilerDependencies
flatbuffers-compiler have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatbuffers-compiler package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
