How To Install libmodsecurity-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodsecurity-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmodsecurity-dev
libmodsecurity-dev is:
Libmodsecurity is one component of the ModSecurity v3 project. The library codebase serves as an interface to ModSecurity Connectors taking in web traffic and applying traditional ModSecurity processing. In general, it provides the capability to load/interpret rules written in the ModSecurity SecRules format and apply them to HTTP content provided by your application via Connectors.
This package includes the development support files.
There are three methods to install libmodsecurity-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 libmodsecurity-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmodsecurity-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmodsecurity-devInstall libmodsecurity-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmodsecurity-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmodsecurity-devInstall libmodsecurity-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 libmodsecurity-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmodsecurity-devHow To Uninstall libmodsecurity-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmodsecurity-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmodsecurity-devUninstall libmodsecurity-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmodsecurity-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmodsecurity-devRemove libmodsecurity-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmodsecurity-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmodsecurity-devRemove libmodsecurity-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmodsecurity-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmodsecurity-devDependencies
libmodsecurity-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodsecurity-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.