How To Install libcereal-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcereal-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libcereal-dev
libcereal-dev is:
cereal is a header-only C++11 serialization library. cereal takes arbitrary data types and reversibly turns them into different representations, such as compact binary encodings, XML, or JSON. cereal was designed to be fast, light-weight, and easy to extend - it has no external dependencies and can be easily bundled with other code or used standalone.
There are three methods to install libcereal-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 libcereal-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcereal-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcereal-devInstall libcereal-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcereal-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcereal-devInstall libcereal-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 libcereal-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcereal-devHow To Uninstall libcereal-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcereal-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcereal-devUninstall libcereal-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcereal-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcereal-devRemove libcereal-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcereal-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcereal-devRemove libcereal-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcereal-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcereal-devDependencies
libcereal-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcereal-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.