How To Install libgpgme-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpgme-dev on Kali Linux. libgpgme-dev is GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libgpgme-dev

libgpgme-dev is:

GPGME is a wrapper library which provides a C API to access some of the GnuPG functions, such as encrypt, decrypt, sign, verify, …

This package contains the headers and other files needed to compile against this library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgpgme-dev

Install libgpgme-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgpgme-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgpgme-dev

How To Uninstall libgpgme-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgpgme-dev

Uninstall libgpgme-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpgme-dev

Remove libgpgme-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgpgme-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgpgme-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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