How To Install libmtp-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmtp-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmtp-dev
libmtp-dev is:
libmtp is a library for communicating with MTP aware devices in POSIX compliant operating systems. It implements MTP Basic, the subset proposed for standardization.
The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.
This package contains the headers and development libraries.
There are three methods to install libmtp-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 libmtp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmtp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmtp-devInstall libmtp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmtp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmtp-devInstall libmtp-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 libmtp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmtp-devHow To Uninstall libmtp-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmtp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmtp-devUninstall libmtp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmtp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmtp-devRemove libmtp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmtp-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmtp-devRemove libmtp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmtp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmtp-devDependencies
libmtp-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmtp-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
