How To Install libnetsvcs-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetsvcs-dev on Kali Linux. libnetsvcs-dev is ACE network service implementations - development files

Introduction

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

What is libnetsvcs-dev

libnetsvcs-dev is:

ACE network services provide reusable components for common distributed system tasks such as logging, naming, locking, and time synchronization.

This package contains header files and static library for the ACE network services library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnetsvcs-dev

Install libnetsvcs-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnetsvcs-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libnetsvcs-dev

How To Uninstall libnetsvcs-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libnetsvcs-dev

Uninstall libnetsvcs-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetsvcs-dev

Remove libnetsvcs-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnetsvcs-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libnetsvcs-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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