How To Install libgoogle-glog-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-glog-dev on Kali Linux. libgoogle-glog-dev is library that implements application-level logging.

Introduction

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

What is libgoogle-glog-dev

libgoogle-glog-dev is:

This library provides logging APIs based on C++-style streams and various helper macros.

This package contains static and debug libraries and header files for developing applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgoogle-glog-dev

Install libgoogle-glog-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgoogle-glog-dev

Install libgoogle-glog-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 libgoogle-glog-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgoogle-glog-dev

How To Uninstall libgoogle-glog-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgoogle-glog-dev

Uninstall libgoogle-glog-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgoogle-glog-dev

Remove libgoogle-glog-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgoogle-glog-dev

Remove libgoogle-glog-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgoogle-glog-dev

Dependencies

libgoogle-glog-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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