How To Install libclang1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang1 on Kali Linux.

What is libclang1

libclang1 is:

Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end for 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 and 14 standards and also provides most of the support of C++17.

This is a dependency package providing the default clang libraries.

The C Interface to Clang provides a relatively small API that exposes facilities for parsing source code into an abstract syntax tree (AST), loading already-parsed ASTs, traversing the AST, associating physical source locations with elements within the AST, and other facilities that support Clang-based development tools.

There are three methods to install libclang1 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 libclang1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libclang1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libclang1

Install libclang1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libclang1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libclang1

Install libclang1 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 libclang1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclang1

How To Uninstall libclang1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libclang1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libclang1

Uninstall libclang1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libclang1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclang1

Remove libclang1 Configurations and Data

To remove libclang1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libclang1

Remove libclang1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libclang1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclang1

Dependencies

libclang1 have the following dependencies:

• libclang1-11

References

• libclang1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.