How To Install libmawk-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmawk-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmawk-dev
libmawk-dev is:
Libmawk is a fork of the popular awk implementation mawk, and aims to be the lightweight script language programmers embed in their application.
This package constains all header files to allow applications to compile with embedded awk scripting.
There are three methods to install libmawk-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 libmawk-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmawk-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmawk-devInstall libmawk-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmawk-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmawk-devInstall libmawk-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 libmawk-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmawk-devHow To Uninstall libmawk-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmawk-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmawk-devUninstall libmawk-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmawk-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmawk-devRemove libmawk-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmawk-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmawk-devRemove libmawk-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmawk-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmawk-devDependencies
libmawk-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmawk-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
