How To Install libhd-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhd-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libhd-dev
libhd-dev is:
hwinfo is the hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux.
In Debian Edu (Skolelinux) hwinfo has shown better results than discover when detecting mouse, keyboard and monitor.
hwinfo collects information about the hardware installed on a system. Among others, libhd contains information about cdrom, zip, floppy, disks and partitions, network card, graphics card, monitor, camera, mouse, sound, pppoe, isdn, modem, printer, scanner, bios, cpu, usb, memory and smp.
This package contains the static library and header files from the hwinfo package.
There are three methods to install libhd-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 libhd-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhd-devInstall libhd-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhd-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhd-devInstall libhd-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhd-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhd-devHow To Uninstall libhd-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libhd-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhd-devUninstall libhd-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhd-devRemove libhd-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhd-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhd-devRemove libhd-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhd-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhd-devDependencies
libhd-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhd-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.