How To Install libcpptest-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libcpptest-dev

libcpptest-dev is:

CppTest is a portable and powerful, yet simple, unit testing framework for handling automated tests in C++. The focus lies on usability and extensibility. Several output formats, including simple text output, compiler-like output and HTML, are supported and new ones are easily added.

This package contains the development libraries and headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcpptest-dev

Install libcpptest-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcpptest-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcpptest-dev

How To Uninstall libcpptest-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcpptest-dev

Uninstall libcpptest-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpptest-dev

Remove libcpptest-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpptest-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcpptest-dev have the following dependencies:

• libcpptest1

References

• libcpptest-dev website

Summary

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