How To Install libc-devtools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libc-devtools on Kali Linux.

What is libc-devtools

libc-devtools is:

This package contains development tools shipped by the GNU C Library.

• memusage, memusagestat: profile a program’s memory usage
• mtrace: interpret the malloc trace log
• sotruss: trace shared library calls
• sprof: display shared object profiling data

There are three methods to install libc-devtools 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 libc-devtools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libc-devtools

Install libc-devtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libc-devtools

Install libc-devtools 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 libc-devtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libc-devtools

How To Uninstall libc-devtools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libc-devtools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libc-devtools

Uninstall libc-devtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libc-devtools

Remove libc-devtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libc-devtools

Remove libc-devtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libc-devtools

Dependencies

libc-devtools have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgd3

References

• libc-devtools website

Summary

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