How To Install libdeflate-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdeflate-dev on Kali Linux. libdeflate-dev is headers for whole-buffer compression and decompression library

Introduction

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

What is libdeflate-dev

libdeflate-dev is:

The supported formats are:

  • DEFLATE (raw)
  • zlib (a.k.a. DEFLATE with a zlib wrapper)
  • gzip (a.k.a. DEFLATE with a gzip wrapper)

libdeflate is heavily optimized. It is significantly faster than the zlib library, both for compression and decompression, and especially on x86 processors. In addition, libdeflate provides optional high compression modes that provide a better compression ratio than the zlib’s “level 9”.

This package provides the development headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdeflate-dev

Install libdeflate-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdeflate-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libdeflate-dev

How To Uninstall libdeflate-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libdeflate-dev

Uninstall libdeflate-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdeflate-dev

Remove libdeflate-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdeflate-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libdeflate-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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