How To Install libmicrohttpd-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmicrohttpd-dev on Kali Linux. libmicrohttpd-dev is library embedding HTTP server functionality (development)

Introduction

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

What is libmicrohttpd-dev

libmicrohttpd-dev is:

GNU libmicrohttpd is a small C library that is supposed to make it easy to run an HTTP server as part of another application. Key features that distinguish GNU Libmicrohttpd from other projects are:

  • C library: fast and small
  • API is simple, expressive and fully reentrant
  • Implementation is HTTP 1.1 compliant
  • HTTP server can listen on multiple ports
  • Four different threading models (select, poll, pthread, thread pool)
  • Support for IPv6
  • Support for SHOUTcast
  • Support for incremental processing of POST data (optional)
  • Support for basic and digest authentication (optional)
  • Support for SSL3 and TLS

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmicrohttpd-dev

Install libmicrohttpd-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmicrohttpd-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmicrohttpd-dev

How To Uninstall libmicrohttpd-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmicrohttpd-dev

Uninstall libmicrohttpd-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmicrohttpd-dev

Remove libmicrohttpd-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmicrohttpd-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmicrohttpd-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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