How To Install libjson-c-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libjson-c-dev

libjson-c-dev is:

This library allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.

The development headers for compiling programs that use libjson-c are provided by this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjson-c-dev

Install libjson-c-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjson-c-dev

Install libjson-c-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 libjson-c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjson-c-dev

How To Uninstall libjson-c-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjson-c-dev

Uninstall libjson-c-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjson-c-dev

Remove libjson-c-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjson-c-dev

Remove libjson-c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjson-c-dev

Dependencies

libjson-c-dev have the following dependencies:

• libjson-c5

References

• libjson-c-dev website

Summary

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