How To Install libnfnetlink-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnfnetlink-dev on Kali Linux. libnfnetlink-dev is Development files for libnfnetlink0

Introduction

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

libnfnetlink-dev is:

libnfnetlink is the low-level library for netfilter related kernel/userspace communication. It provides a generic messaging infrastructure for in-kernel netfilter subsystems (such as nfnetlink_log, nfnetlink_queue, nfnetlink_conntrack) and their respective users and/or management tools in userspace.

This package provides development files and static libraries.

There are three methods to install libnfnetlink-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.

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnfnetlink-dev

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnfnetlink-dev

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 libnfnetlink-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnfnetlink-dev

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

sudo apt-get remove libnfnetlink-dev

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnfnetlink-dev

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnfnetlink-dev

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

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

Dependencies

libnfnetlink-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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