How To Install liblog4cpp5v5 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cpp5v5 on Kali Linux. liblog4cpp5v5 is C++ library for flexible logging (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cpp5v5 on Kali Linux.

What is liblog4cpp5v5

liblog4cpp5v5 is:

Log for C++ is a library of C++ classes for flexible logging to files, syslog and other destinations. It is modeled after the Log for Java library (http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/), staying as close to their API as is reasonable.

This package contains the files necessary for running applications that use the log4cpp library.

There are three methods to install liblog4cpp5v5 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 liblog4cpp5v5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4cpp5v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblog4cpp5v5

Install liblog4cpp5v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4cpp5v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblog4cpp5v5

Install liblog4cpp5v5 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 liblog4cpp5v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblog4cpp5v5

How To Uninstall liblog4cpp5v5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblog4cpp5v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblog4cpp5v5

Uninstall liblog4cpp5v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblog4cpp5v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4cpp5v5

Remove liblog4cpp5v5 Configurations and Data

To remove liblog4cpp5v5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4cpp5v5

Remove liblog4cpp5v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblog4cpp5v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4cpp5v5

Dependencies

liblog4cpp5v5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4cpp5v5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.