How To Install libmicrohttpd12 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmicrohttpd12 on Kali Linux. libmicrohttpd12 is library embedding HTTP server functionality

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmicrohttpd12 on Kali Linux.

What is libmicrohttpd12

libmicrohttpd12 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

There are three methods to install libmicrohttpd12 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 libmicrohttpd12 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmicrohttpd12 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmicrohttpd12

Install libmicrohttpd12 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmicrohttpd12 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmicrohttpd12

Install libmicrohttpd12 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 libmicrohttpd12 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmicrohttpd12

How To Uninstall libmicrohttpd12 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmicrohttpd12 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmicrohttpd12

Uninstall libmicrohttpd12 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmicrohttpd12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmicrohttpd12

Remove libmicrohttpd12 Configurations and Data

To remove libmicrohttpd12 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmicrohttpd12

Remove libmicrohttpd12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmicrohttpd12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmicrohttpd12

Dependencies

libmicrohttpd12 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmicrohttpd12 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.