How To Install libargs-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libargs-dev

libargs-dev is:

Args is a simple, small, flexible, header-only C++ argument parssing library.

This is designed to appear somewhat similar to Python’s argparse, but in C++, with static type checking, and hopefully a lot faster (also allowing fully nestable group logic, where Python’s argparse does not).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libargs-dev

Install libargs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libargs-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libargs-dev

How To Uninstall libargs-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libargs-dev

Uninstall libargs-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libargs-dev

Remove libargs-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libargs-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libargs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• libargs-dev website

Summary

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