How To Install libcaca-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaca-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libcaca-dev
libcaca-dev is:
libcaca is the Colour AsCii Art library. It provides high level functions for colour text drawing, simple primitives for line, polygon and ellipse drawing, as well as powerful image to text conversion routines.
This package contains the header files and static libraries needed to compile applications or shared objects that use libcaca.
There are three methods to install libcaca-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 libcaca-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcaca-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcaca-devInstall libcaca-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcaca-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcaca-devInstall libcaca-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 libcaca-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcaca-devHow To Uninstall libcaca-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcaca-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcaca-devUninstall libcaca-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcaca-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcaca-devRemove libcaca-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcaca-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcaca-devRemove libcaca-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcaca-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcaca-devDependencies
libcaca-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaca-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.