How To Install libivykis-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libivykis-dev on Kali Linux. libivykis-dev is Development libraries, header files and docs for libivykis

Introduction

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

What is libivykis-dev

libivykis-dev is:

Contains the header files, documentation, examples and static libraries for use in developing applications that use the libivykis library.

The ivykis library is a thin, portable wrapper around OS-provided mechanisms such as epoll(4), kqueue(2) and poll(2). It was mainly designed for building high-performance network applications, but can be used in any event-driver application that uses pollable file descriptors as its event sources.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libivykis-dev

Install libivykis-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libivykis-dev

Install libivykis-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 libivykis-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libivykis-dev

How To Uninstall libivykis-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libivykis-dev

Uninstall libivykis-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libivykis-dev

Remove libivykis-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libivykis-dev

Remove libivykis-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libivykis-dev

Dependencies

libivykis-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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