How To Install libnice-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnice-dev on Kali Linux. libnice-dev is ICE library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libnice-dev

libnice-dev is:

Nice is an implementation of the IETF’s draft Interactive Connectivity Establishment standard (ICE). ICE is useful for applications that want to establish peer-to-peer UDP data streams. It automates the process of traversing NATs and provides security against some attacks.

Existing standards that use ICE include the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Jingle XMPP extension for audio/video calls.

Nice includes integration with GStreamer.

This package provides development files for nice.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnice-dev

Install libnice-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnice-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libnice-dev

How To Uninstall libnice-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libnice-dev

Uninstall libnice-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnice-dev

Remove libnice-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnice-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libnice-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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