How To Install libcapnp-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapnp-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libcapnp-dev
libcapnp-dev 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 headers and static libraries needed for writing C++ applications.
There are three methods to install libcapnp-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 libcapnp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcapnp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcapnp-devInstall libcapnp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcapnp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcapnp-devInstall libcapnp-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 libcapnp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcapnp-devHow To Uninstall libcapnp-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcapnp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcapnp-devUninstall libcapnp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcapnp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcapnp-devRemove libcapnp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcapnp-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcapnp-devRemove libcapnp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcapnp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcapnp-devDependencies
libcapnp-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapnp-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.