How To Install libfiu-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfiu-dev on Kali Linux. libfiu-dev is userspace fault injection framework (development libraries)

Introduction

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

What is libfiu-dev

libfiu-dev is:

libfiu is a C library for fault injection. It provides functions to mark “points of failure” inside your code (the “core API”), and functions to enable/disable the failure of those points (the “control API”).

This package contains the development libraries and documentation in HTML and reStructuredText formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfiu-dev

Install libfiu-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfiu-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfiu-dev

How To Uninstall libfiu-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfiu-dev

Uninstall libfiu-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfiu-dev

Remove libfiu-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfiu-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfiu-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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