How To Install libhawknl-dbg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dbg on Kali Linux. libhawknl-dbg is Hawk game oriented network library API (debug package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawknl-dbg on Kali Linux.

What is libhawknl-dbg

libhawknl-dbg is:

HawkNL is a free, open source, game oriented network API.

HawkNL (NL) is a fairly low level API, a wrapper over Berkeley/Unix Sockets and Winsock. But NL also provides other features including support for:

  • Multiple operating systems.
  • Groups of sockets
  • Socket statistics
  • High accuracy timer
  • CRC functions
  • Macros to read and write data to packets with endian conversion
  • Multiple network transports.

This package contains the debug symbols.

There are three methods to install libhawknl-dbg 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 libhawknl-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhawknl-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhawknl-dbg

Install libhawknl-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhawknl-dbg

Install libhawknl-dbg 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 libhawknl-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhawknl-dbg

How To Uninstall libhawknl-dbg on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhawknl-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhawknl-dbg

Uninstall libhawknl-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawknl-dbg

Remove libhawknl-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhawknl-dbg

Remove libhawknl-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhawknl-dbg

Dependencies

libhawknl-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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