How To Install liblwip-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwip-dev on Kali Linux. liblwip-dev is small implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite - development files

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblwip-dev

Install liblwip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblwip-dev

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblwip-dev

How 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-dev

Uninstall 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Remove 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-dev

Dependencies

liblwip-dev have the following dependencies:

References

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.