How To Install libgovirt-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgovirt-dev
libgovirt-dev is:
libgovirt is a library that allows applications to use oVirt REST API to list VMs managed by an oVirt instance, and to get the connection parameters needed to make a SPICE/VNC connection to them.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libgovirt-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 libgovirt-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgovirt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgovirt-devInstall libgovirt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgovirt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgovirt-devInstall libgovirt-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 libgovirt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgovirt-devHow To Uninstall libgovirt-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgovirt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgovirt-devUninstall libgovirt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgovirt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgovirt-devRemove libgovirt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgovirt-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgovirt-devRemove libgovirt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgovirt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgovirt-devDependencies
libgovirt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.