How To Install libcapnp-0.7.0 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapnp-0.7.0 on Kali Linux.
What is libcapnp-0.7.0
libcapnp-0.7.0 is:
Similar to Protocol Buffers, Cap’n Proto is an efficient means of serializing structured data to be transferred across a network or written to disk. Users write a Cap’n Proto definition file that drives a code generator, which in turn emits C++ code for encoding & decoding messages in the Cap’n Proto format.
In addition to being extremely fast, Cap’n Proto also smooths over some of the rougher aspects of Protocol Buffers & introduces a number of new features to boot.
This package contains the runtime libraries needed for C++ applications.
There are three methods to install libcapnp-0.7.0 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 libcapnp-0.7.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcapnp-0.7.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcapnp-0.7.0Install libcapnp-0.7.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcapnp-0.7.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcapnp-0.7.0Install libcapnp-0.7.0 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 libcapnp-0.7.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcapnp-0.7.0How To Uninstall libcapnp-0.7.0 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcapnp-0.7.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcapnp-0.7.0Uninstall libcapnp-0.7.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcapnp-0.7.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcapnp-0.7.0Remove libcapnp-0.7.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libcapnp-0.7.0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcapnp-0.7.0Remove libcapnp-0.7.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcapnp-0.7.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcapnp-0.7.0Dependencies
libcapnp-0.7.0 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapnp-0.7.0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.