How To Install libdaemon-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaemon-doc on Kali Linux.

What is libdaemon-doc

libdaemon-doc is:

libdaemon is a lightweight C library which eases the writing of UNIX daemons. It consists of the following parts:

• Wrapper around fork() for correct daemonization of a process
• Wrapper around syslog() for simple log output to syslog or STDERR
• An API for writing PID files
• An API for serializing signals into a pipe for use with select() or poll()
• An API for running subprocesses with STDOUT and STDERR redirected to syslog

Routines like these are included in most of the daemon software available. It is not simple to get these done right and code duplication is not acceptable.

This package contains the API documentation of the library.

There are three methods to install libdaemon-doc 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 libdaemon-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdaemon-doc

Install libdaemon-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdaemon-doc

Install libdaemon-doc 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 libdaemon-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdaemon-doc

How To Uninstall libdaemon-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdaemon-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdaemon-doc

Uninstall libdaemon-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdaemon-doc

Remove libdaemon-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdaemon-doc

Remove libdaemon-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdaemon-doc

Dependencies

libdaemon-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• libdaemon-doc website

Summary

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