How To Install libmsgpack-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmsgpack-dev on Kali Linux. libmsgpack-dev is binary-based efficient object serialization library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libmsgpack-dev

libmsgpack-dev is:

MessagePack is a binary-based efficient object serialization library. It enables to exchange structured objects between many languages like JSON. But unlike JSON, it is very fast and small.

This package contains the headers files needed for developing with msgpack-c.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmsgpack-dev

Install libmsgpack-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmsgpack-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmsgpack-dev

How To Uninstall libmsgpack-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmsgpack-dev

Uninstall libmsgpack-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmsgpack-dev

Remove libmsgpack-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmsgpack-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmsgpack-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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