How To Install libmecab-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-dev on Kali Linux. libmecab-dev is Header files of Mecab

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libmecab-dev

libmecab-dev is:

This package provides header files which are necessary to development programs using runtime libraries of Mecab, that is a Japanese morphological analysis system.

There are three methods to install libmecab-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 libmecab-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 libmecab-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmecab-dev

Install libmecab-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmecab-dev

Install libmecab-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 libmecab-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmecab-dev

How To Uninstall libmecab-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmecab-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmecab-dev

Uninstall libmecab-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmecab-dev

Remove libmecab-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmecab-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmecab-dev

Remove libmecab-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmecab-dev

Dependencies

libmecab-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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