How To Install libbenchmark-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbenchmark-tools on Kali Linux.

What is libbenchmark-tools

libbenchmark-tools is:

Library to support the benchmarking of functions, similar to unit-tests.

This package contains tools and documentation.

There are three methods to install libbenchmark-tools 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 libbenchmark-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbenchmark-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbenchmark-tools

Install libbenchmark-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbenchmark-tools

Install libbenchmark-tools 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 libbenchmark-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbenchmark-tools

How To Uninstall libbenchmark-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbenchmark-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbenchmark-tools

Uninstall libbenchmark-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbenchmark-tools

Remove libbenchmark-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbenchmark-tools

Remove libbenchmark-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbenchmark-tools

Dependencies

libbenchmark-tools have the following dependencies:

References

• libbenchmark-tools website

Summary

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