How To Install liblzf-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblzf-dev on Kali Linux.
What is liblzf-dev
liblzf-dev is:
This library implements the very, very fast LZF compression algorithm written in C. Compression ratios are moderate with 40 to 50 percent for typical binary data, but decompression speed is basically at unoptimized memcpy speed.
This package installs the necessary files to develop and link against the library.
There are three methods to install liblzf-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 liblzf-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblzf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblzf-devInstall liblzf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblzf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblzf-devInstall liblzf-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 liblzf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblzf-devHow To Uninstall liblzf-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the liblzf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblzf-devUninstall liblzf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblzf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblzf-devRemove liblzf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblzf-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblzf-devRemove liblzf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblzf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblzf-devDependencies
liblzf-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblzf-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
