How To Install libbrlapi-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libbrlapi-dev

libbrlapi-dev is:

BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the console (text mode) for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille display and provides complete screen review functionality.

BrlAPI is a library which gives an application access to a braille display and lets it write braille.

This package contains the static library libbrlapi.a and header files in /usr/include/brltty/ necessary to compile programs for BrlAPI, a client-server based mechanism to remotely access a braille display.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbrlapi-dev

Install libbrlapi-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbrlapi-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbrlapi-dev

How To Uninstall libbrlapi-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libbrlapi-dev

Uninstall libbrlapi-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbrlapi-dev

Remove libbrlapi-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbrlapi-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libbrlapi-dev have the following dependencies:

• libbrlapi0.8

References

• libbrlapi-dev website

Summary

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