How To Install libdaq2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaq2 on Kali Linux. libdaq2 is Data Acquisition library for packet I/O - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaq2 on Kali Linux.

What is libdaq2

libdaq2 is:

DAQ is a library that introduces an abstraction layer to PCAP functions facilitation operation in a variety of hardware and software interfaces.

It was written for Snort but it may be useful to other packet processing applicatons.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libdaq2 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 libdaq2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdaq2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdaq2

Install libdaq2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdaq2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdaq2

Install libdaq2 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 libdaq2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdaq2

How To Uninstall libdaq2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdaq2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdaq2

Uninstall libdaq2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdaq2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdaq2

Remove libdaq2 Configurations and Data

To remove libdaq2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdaq2

Remove libdaq2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdaq2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdaq2

Dependencies

libdaq2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaq2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.