How To Install libavro-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavro-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libavro-dev
libavro-dev is:
Apache Avro is a data serialization system. Avro provides rich data structures; a binary data format; and a container file format, to store Avro-encoded data persistently.
This package provides the “avro-c” implementation of Apache Avro in C. The C implementation supports:
- binary encoding/decoding of all primitive and complex data types
- storage to an Avro Object Container File
- schema resolution, promotion and projection
- validating and non-validating mode for writing Avro data
The C implementation of Avro lacks RPC support.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libavro-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 libavro-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavro-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavro-devInstall libavro-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libavro-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavro-devInstall libavro-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 libavro-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavro-devHow To Uninstall libavro-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libavro-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavro-devUninstall libavro-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavro-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavro-devRemove libavro-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libavro-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavro-devRemove libavro-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavro-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavro-devDependencies
libavro-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavro-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.