How To Install liblwip-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwip-dev on Kali Linux.
What is liblwip-dev
liblwip-dev is:
lwIP is a small independent implementation of the TCP/IPv4/IPv6 protocol suite that has been developed by Adam Dunkels at the Computer and Networks Architectures (CNA) lab at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS).
The focus of the lwIP TCP/IP implementation is to reduce the RAM usage while still having a full scale TCP. This making lwIP suitable for use in embedded systems with tens of kilobytes of free RAM and room for around 40 kilobytes of code ROM.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install liblwip-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 liblwip-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblwip-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblwip-devInstall liblwip-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblwip-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblwip-devInstall liblwip-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblwip-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblwip-devHow To Uninstall liblwip-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the liblwip-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblwip-devUninstall liblwip-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblwip-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwip-devRemove liblwip-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblwip-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblwip-devRemove liblwip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblwip-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwip-devDependencies
liblwip-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwip-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.