How To Install libcos4-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcos4-dev on Kali Linux. libcos4-dev is omniORB CORBA services stubs development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcos4-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libcos4-dev

libcos4-dev is:

omniORB4 is a freely available Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) 2.6 compliant object request broker (ORB) implementation. It is based on the IIOP communications protocol and should be interoperable with any other CORBA 2.6 compliant ORB.

This includes developer files for libcos4 and libcosdynamic4.

There are three methods to install libcos4-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 libcos4-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 libcos4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcos4-dev

Install libcos4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcos4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcos4-dev

Install libcos4-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 libcos4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcos4-dev

How To Uninstall libcos4-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcos4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcos4-dev

Uninstall libcos4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcos4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcos4-dev

Remove libcos4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcos4-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcos4-dev

Remove libcos4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcos4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcos4-dev

Dependencies

libcos4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcos4-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.