How To Install libisal-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisal-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libisal-dev
libisal-dev is:
Collection of low-level functions used in storage applications. Contains fast erasure codes that implement a general Reed-Solomon type encoding for blocks of data that helps protect against erasure of whole blocks. The general ISA-L library contains an expanded set of functions used for data protection, hashing, encryption, etc.
This package contains the development files needed to build against the shared library.
There are three methods to install libisal-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 libisal-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libisal-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libisal-devInstall libisal-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libisal-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libisal-devInstall libisal-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 libisal-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libisal-devHow To Uninstall libisal-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libisal-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libisal-devUninstall libisal-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libisal-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisal-devRemove libisal-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libisal-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libisal-devRemove libisal-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libisal-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisal-devDependencies
libisal-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisal-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
