How To Install libcg3-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcg3-dev on Kali Linux. libcg3-dev is Headers and shared files to develop using the CG-3 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcg3-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libcg3-dev

libcg3-dev is:

Development files to use the CG-3 API.

It is recommended to instrument the CLI tools instead of using this API.

See https://visl.sdu.dk/cg3.html for more documentation

There are three methods to install libcg3-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 libcg3-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 libcg3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcg3-dev

Install libcg3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcg3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcg3-dev

Install libcg3-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 libcg3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcg3-dev

How To Uninstall libcg3-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcg3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcg3-dev

Uninstall libcg3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcg3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcg3-dev

Remove libcg3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcg3-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcg3-dev

Remove libcg3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcg3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcg3-dev

Dependencies

libcg3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcg3-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.