How To Install libifcplusplus on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libifcplusplus

libifcplusplus is:

IfcPlusPlus is an open source C++ class model, as well as a reader and writer for IFC files in STEP format.

Features:

• easy and efficient memory management using smart pointers
• parallel reader for very fast parsing on multi-core CPU’s

Additionally, there’s a simple IFC viewer application, using Qt and OpenSceneGraph.

This package contains the runtime libraries.

There are three methods to install libifcplusplus 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 libifcplusplus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libifcplusplus

Install libifcplusplus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libifcplusplus

Install libifcplusplus 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 libifcplusplus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libifcplusplus

How To Uninstall libifcplusplus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libifcplusplus

Uninstall libifcplusplus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libifcplusplus

Remove libifcplusplus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libifcplusplus

Remove libifcplusplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libifcplusplus

Dependencies

libifcplusplus have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libifcplusplus website

Summary

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