How To Install libdiagnostics-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostics-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libdiagnostics-dev
libdiagnostics-dev is:
Diagnostics is a unified framework for code annotation, logging, program monitoring, and unit-testing.
The annotations of diagnostics provide simple trace messages, tracing method entry and exit, checks (which potentially fail), asserts (which should never fail), invariance checking on method entry and exit, and a number of annotations for testing.
The annotations raise events which are can be observed and monitored. Using different loggers, the stream of logging events is used for logging or testing.
The package contains the needed headers and libraries for developing software using Diagnostics.
There are three methods to install libdiagnostics-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 libdiagnostics-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostics-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdiagnostics-devInstall libdiagnostics-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostics-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdiagnostics-devInstall libdiagnostics-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libdiagnostics-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdiagnostics-devHow To Uninstall libdiagnostics-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libdiagnostics-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdiagnostics-devUninstall libdiagnostics-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdiagnostics-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdiagnostics-devRemove libdiagnostics-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdiagnostics-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdiagnostics-devRemove libdiagnostics-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdiagnostics-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdiagnostics-devDependencies
libdiagnostics-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdiagnostics-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.