How To Install liblief-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblief-dev on Kali Linux. liblief-dev is Library to Instrument Executable Formats – development files

Introduction

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

What is liblief-dev

liblief-dev is:

LIEF is a library for parsing, modifying ELF, PE, and MachO formats.

This package contains the static library, header files, and examples.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblief-dev

Install liblief-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblief-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblief-dev

How To Uninstall liblief-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liblief-dev

Uninstall liblief-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblief-dev

Remove liblief-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblief-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblief-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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