How To Install libiconv-hook-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libiconv-hook-dev

libiconv-hook-dev is:

This code is iconv compatible interface routine for mod_encoding. Taisuke Yamada writes sample code for hooking iconv() for mod_encoding.

In mod_encoding configuration directive, supports following encoding names additionally:

MSSJIS

• This is almost same as SJIS, but is a Microsoft variant of it.

JA-AUTO-SJIS-MS

• This is a special converter which does autodetection between UTF-8/JIS/MSSJIS/SJIS/EUC-JP. This itself does not do conversion.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libiconv-hook-dev

Install libiconv-hook-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libiconv-hook-dev

Install libiconv-hook-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 libiconv-hook-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libiconv-hook-dev

How To Uninstall libiconv-hook-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libiconv-hook-dev

Uninstall libiconv-hook-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libiconv-hook-dev

Remove libiconv-hook-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libiconv-hook-dev

Remove libiconv-hook-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libiconv-hook-dev

Dependencies

libiconv-hook-dev have the following dependencies:

• libiconv-hook1

References

• libiconv-hook-dev website

Summary

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