How To Install libjsmn-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libjsmn-dev

libjsmn-dev is:

Most JSON parsers offer you a bunch of functions to load JSON data, parse it and extract any value by its name. jsmn proves that checking the correctness of every JSON packet or allocating temporary objects to store parsed JSON fields often is an overkill.

jsmn is designed to be robust (it should work fine even with erroneous data), fast (it should parse data on the fly), portable (no superfluous dependencies or non-standard C extensions). And of course, simplicity is a key feature - simple code style, simple algorithm, simple integration into other projects.

Features

• compatible with C89
• no dependencies (even libc!)
• highly portable (tested on x86/amd64, ARM, AVR)
• about 200 lines of code
• extremely small code footprint
• API contains only 2 functions
• no dynamic memory allocation
• incremental single-pass parsing
• library code is covered with unit-tests

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjsmn-dev

Install libjsmn-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjsmn-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjsmn-dev

How To Uninstall libjsmn-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjsmn-dev

Uninstall libjsmn-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjsmn-dev

Remove libjsmn-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjsmn-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjsmn-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• libjsmn-dev website

Summary

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