How To Install libga-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libga-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libga-dev
libga-dev is:
GAlib contains a set of C++ genetic algorithm objects. The library includes tools for using genetic algorithms to do optimization in any C++ program using any representation and genetic operators. The documentation includes an extensive overview of how to implement a genetic algorithm as well as examples illustrating customizations to the GAlib classes.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libga-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 libga-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libga-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libga-devInstall libga-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libga-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libga-devInstall libga-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 libga-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libga-devHow To Uninstall libga-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libga-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libga-devUninstall libga-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libga-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libga-devRemove libga-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libga-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libga-devRemove libga-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libga-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libga-devDependencies
libga-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libga-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.