How To Install libclang-common-11-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang-common-11-dev on Kali Linux. libclang-common-11-dev is Clang library - Common development package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang-common-11-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libclang-common-11-dev

libclang-common-11-dev is:

Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).

Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11, 14 and 17 standards and also provides most of the support of C++20.

This package contains the Clang generic headers and some libraries (profiling, etc).

There are three methods to install libclang-common-11-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 libclang-common-11-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 libclang-common-11-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libclang-common-11-dev

Install libclang-common-11-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libclang-common-11-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libclang-common-11-dev

Install libclang-common-11-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 libclang-common-11-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclang-common-11-dev

How To Uninstall libclang-common-11-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libclang-common-11-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libclang-common-11-dev

Uninstall libclang-common-11-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libclang-common-11-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclang-common-11-dev

Remove libclang-common-11-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libclang-common-11-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libclang-common-11-dev

Remove libclang-common-11-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libclang-common-11-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclang-common-11-dev

Dependencies

libclang-common-11-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang-common-11-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.