How To Install libhawknl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libhawknl

libhawknl 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.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhawknl

Install libhawknl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhawknl

Install libhawknl 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhawknl

How To Uninstall libhawknl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libhawknl

Uninstall libhawknl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawknl

Remove libhawknl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhawknl

Remove libhawknl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhawknl

Dependencies

libhawknl have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libhawknl website

Summary

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