How To Install libbase58-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase58-dev on Kali Linux. libbase58-dev is library for Bitcoins base58 encoding – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase58-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libbase58-dev

libbase58-dev is:

Library for encoding/decoding Base58 and Base58Check.

This package provides development files.

There are three methods to install libbase58-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 libbase58-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 libbase58-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbase58-dev

Install libbase58-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbase58-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbase58-dev

Install libbase58-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 libbase58-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbase58-dev

How To Uninstall libbase58-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbase58-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbase58-dev

Uninstall libbase58-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbase58-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbase58-dev

Remove libbase58-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libbase58-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbase58-dev

Remove libbase58-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbase58-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbase58-dev

Dependencies

libbase58-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbase58-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.