How To Install libgearman-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgearman-dev on Kali Linux. libgearman-dev is Development files for the Gearman Library

Introduction

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

What is libgearman-dev

libgearman-dev is:

Gearman is a system to farm out work to other machines, dispatching function calls to machines that are better suited to do work, to do work in parallel, to load balance lots of function calls, or to call functions between languages.

This package contains the development headers for the libgearman library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgearman-dev

Install libgearman-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgearman-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgearman-dev

How To Uninstall libgearman-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgearman-dev

Uninstall libgearman-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgearman-dev

Remove libgearman-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgearman-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgearman-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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