How To Install lib32ncurses-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncurses-dev on Kali Linux.
What is lib32ncurses-dev
lib32ncurses-dev is:
The ncurses library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This package contains the header files, static libraries and symbolic links that developers using ncurses will need.
This package supports the 32-bit ABI variant of your system’s architecture.
There are three methods to install lib32ncurses-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 lib32ncurses-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lib32ncurses-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32ncurses-devInstall lib32ncurses-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install lib32ncurses-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32ncurses-devInstall lib32ncurses-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 lib32ncurses-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32ncurses-devHow To Uninstall lib32ncurses-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lib32ncurses-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32ncurses-devUninstall lib32ncurses-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32ncurses-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32ncurses-devRemove lib32ncurses-dev Configurations and Data
To remove lib32ncurses-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32ncurses-devRemove lib32ncurses-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32ncurses-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32ncurses-devDependencies
lib32ncurses-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32ncurses-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
