How To Install libedit-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit-dev on Kali Linux. libedit-dev is BSD editline and history libraries (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libedit-dev

libedit-dev is:

Command line editor library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions.

It slightly resembles GNU readline.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libedit-dev

Install libedit-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libedit-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libedit-dev

How To Uninstall libedit-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libedit-dev

Uninstall libedit-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedit-dev

Remove libedit-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libedit-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libedit-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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