How To Install libgpg-error-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgpg-error-dev
libgpg-error-dev is:
Library that defines common error values, messages, and common runtime functionality for all GnuPG components. Among these are GPG, GPGSM, GPGME, GPG-Agent, libgcrypt, pinentry, SmartCard Daemon and possibly more in the future.
It will likely be renamed “gpgrt” in the future.
This package contains the headers and other files needed to compile against this library.
There are three methods to install libgpg-error-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 libgpg-error-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgpg-error-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgpg-error-devInstall libgpg-error-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgpg-error-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgpg-error-devInstall libgpg-error-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 libgpg-error-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgpg-error-devHow To Uninstall libgpg-error-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgpg-error-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgpg-error-devUninstall libgpg-error-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgpg-error-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpg-error-devRemove libgpg-error-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgpg-error-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgpg-error-devRemove libgpg-error-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgpg-error-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpg-error-devDependencies
libgpg-error-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.