How To Install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

libgpg-error-mingw-w64-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 is a Windows version of libgpg-error. It’s meant to be used when cross-building software that targets the Windows platform, e.g. the win32-loader component of Debian-Installer.

There are three methods to install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-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-mingw-w64-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 libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

Install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

Install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-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 libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

How To Uninstall libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

Uninstall libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgpg-error-mingw-w64-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-mingw-w64-dev

Remove libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

Remove libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev

Dependencies

libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpg-error-mingw-w64-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.