How To Install libfsplib-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfsplib-dev on Kali Linux. libfsplib-dev is FSP v2 protocol stack library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libfsplib-dev

libfsplib-dev is:

This is C library which support talking with FSP server using FSP v2 protocol and provides posix-like file manipulation interface.

For more information about FSP protocol see http://fsp.sourceforge.net/ For library and API info see http://fsp.sourceforge.net/fsplib.html

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfsplib-dev

Install libfsplib-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfsplib-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfsplib-dev

How To Uninstall libfsplib-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfsplib-dev

Uninstall libfsplib-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfsplib-dev

Remove libfsplib-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfsplib-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfsplib-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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