How To Install liblastfm5-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm5-dev on Kali Linux. liblastfm5-dev is Last.fm web services library (Qt5 build) - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm5-dev on Kali Linux.

What is liblastfm5-dev

liblastfm5-dev is:

liblastfm is a collection of C++/Qt5 libraries provided by Last.fm for use with their web services.

This package contains the development files. Developers working on a new client will need to request an API key. See README for more details.

There are three methods to install liblastfm5-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 liblastfm5-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 liblastfm5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblastfm5-dev

Install liblastfm5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblastfm5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblastfm5-dev

Install liblastfm5-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 liblastfm5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblastfm5-dev

How To Uninstall liblastfm5-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblastfm5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblastfm5-dev

Uninstall liblastfm5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblastfm5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblastfm5-dev

Remove liblastfm5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblastfm5-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblastfm5-dev

Remove liblastfm5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblastfm5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblastfm5-dev

Dependencies

liblastfm5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm5-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.