How To Install libipaddr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipaddr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux. libipaddr-ocaml-dev is library for manipulation of IP (and MAC) address representations (dev files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libipaddr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libipaddr-ocaml-dev

libipaddr-ocaml-dev is:

This is a library for manipulation of IP (and MAC) address representations.

Features:

  • IPv4 and IPv6 support
  • IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR prefix support
  • IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR-scoped address support
  • Integration with the standard OCaml distribution (Map.OrderedType, Unix, top-level)
  • IP address scope classification
  • IPv4-mapped addresses in IPv6 (::ffff:0:0/96) are an embedding of IPv4
  • MAC-48 (Ethernet) address support
  • All types have sexplib serializers/deserializers

This package contains development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libipaddr-ocaml-dev

Install libipaddr-ocaml-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libipaddr-ocaml-dev

Install libipaddr-ocaml-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 libipaddr-ocaml-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libipaddr-ocaml-dev

How To Uninstall libipaddr-ocaml-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libipaddr-ocaml-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev

Uninstall libipaddr-ocaml-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libipaddr-ocaml-dev

Remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libipaddr-ocaml-dev

Remove libipaddr-ocaml-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libipaddr-ocaml-dev

Dependencies

libipaddr-ocaml-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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