How To Install libelfin-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelfin-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libelfin-dev
libelfin-dev is:
Libelfin is a from-scratch C++11 library for reading ELF binaries and DWARFv4 debug information.
Libelfin implements a syntactic layer for DWARF and ELF, but not a semantic layer. Interpreting the information stored in DWARF DIE trees still requires a great deal of understanding of DWARF, but libelfin will make sense of the bytes for you.
This package contains development libraries and header files for libelfin.
There are three methods to install libelfin-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 libelfin-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libelfin-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libelfin-devInstall libelfin-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libelfin-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libelfin-devInstall libelfin-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 libelfin-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libelfin-devHow To Uninstall libelfin-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libelfin-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libelfin-devUninstall libelfin-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libelfin-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelfin-devRemove libelfin-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libelfin-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libelfin-devRemove libelfin-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libelfin-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libelfin-devDependencies
libelfin-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libelfin-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
