How To Install libgvm-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvm-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libgvm-dev
libgvm-dev is:
The Open Vulnerability Assessment System is a modular security auditing tool, used for testing remote systems for vulnerabilities that should be fixed.
It is made up of two parts: a server, and a client. The server/daemon, gvmd, is in charge of the attacks, whereas the client, gvm-tools, provides an X11/GTK+ user interface.
This package contains the required static libraries and headers.
There are three methods to install libgvm-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 libgvm-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 libgvm-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgvm-dev
Install libgvm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgvm-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgvm-dev
Install libgvm-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 libgvm-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgvm-dev
How To Uninstall libgvm-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgvm-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgvm-dev
Uninstall libgvm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgvm-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgvm-dev
Remove libgvm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgvm-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgvm-dev
Remove libgvm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgvm-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgvm-dev
Dependencies
libgvm-dev have the following dependencies:
- libgcrypt-dev
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgnutls28-dev
- libgpgme-dev
- libhiredis-dev
- libksba-dev
- libgvm20
- libpcap-dev
- libssh-dev
- uuid-dev
- libsnmp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvm-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.