How To Install gobject-introspection on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gobject-introspection on Kali Linux.
What is gobject-introspection
gobject-introspection is:
GObject Introspection is a project for providing machine readable introspection data of the API of C libraries. This introspection data can be used in several different use cases, for example automatic code generation for bindings, API verification and documentation generation.
GObject Introspection contains tools to generate and handle the introspection data.
This package contains tools for extracting introspection data from libraries and transforming it to different formats.
There are three methods to install gobject-introspection 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 gobject-introspection Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gobject-introspection using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gobject-introspectionInstall gobject-introspection Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gobject-introspection using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gobject-introspectionInstall gobject-introspection 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 gobject-introspection using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gobject-introspectionHow To Uninstall gobject-introspection on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gobject-introspection package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gobject-introspectionUninstall gobject-introspection And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gobject-introspection and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gobject-introspectionRemove gobject-introspection Configurations and Data
To remove gobject-introspection configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gobject-introspectionRemove gobject-introspection configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gobject-introspection configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gobject-introspectionDependencies
gobject-introspection have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gobject-introspection package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.