How To Install libcbor-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libcbor-dev

libcbor-dev is:

CBOR is a general-purpose schema-less binary data format, defined in RFC 7049. This package provides a C library for parsing and generating CBOR.

This package contains the development headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcbor-dev

Install libcbor-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcbor-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcbor-dev

How To Uninstall libcbor-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcbor-dev

Uninstall libcbor-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcbor-dev

Remove libcbor-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcbor-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcbor-dev have the following dependencies:

• libcbor0

References

• libcbor-dev website

Summary

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