How To Install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

libassuan-mingw-w64-dev is:

Libassuan is a small library implementing the so-called “Assuan protocol”. This protocol is used for IPC between most newer GnuPG components. Both server and client side functions are provided.

This package contains header files and static libraries for libassuan.

This is a Windows version of libassuan. It’s meant to be used when cross-building software that targets the Windows platform, e.g. the win32-loader component of Debian-Installer.

There are three methods to install libassuan-mingw-w64-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 libassuan-mingw-w64-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 libassuan-mingw-w64-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

Install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

Install libassuan-mingw-w64-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 libassuan-mingw-w64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

How To Uninstall libassuan-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libassuan-mingw-w64-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

Uninstall libassuan-mingw-w64-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libassuan-mingw-w64-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

Remove libassuan-mingw-w64-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libassuan-mingw-w64-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

Remove libassuan-mingw-w64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libassuan-mingw-w64-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libassuan-mingw-w64-dev

Dependencies

libassuan-mingw-w64-dev have the following dependencies:

• libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

References

• libassuan-mingw-w64-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libassuan-mingw-w64-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.