How To Install libnop-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libnop-dev

libnop-dev is:

libnop is a header-only library for serializing and deserializing C++ data types without external code generators or runtime support libraries. The only mandatory requirement is a compiler that supports the C++14 standard.

libnop has the following goals:

• Make simple serialization tasks easy and complex tasks tractable.
• Remove the need to use code generators and schema files to describe data types, formats, and protocols: perform these tasks naturally within the C++ language.
• Avoid additional runtime support requirements for serialization.
• Provide contemporary features such as bidirectional binary compatibility, data validation, type safety, and type fungibility.
• Handle intrinsic types, common STL types and containers, and user-defined types with a minimum of effort.
• Produce optimized code that is easy to analyze and profile.
• Avoid internal dynamic memory allocation when possible.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnop-dev

Install libnop-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnop-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libnop-dev

How To Uninstall libnop-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libnop-dev

Uninstall libnop-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnop-dev

Remove libnop-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnop-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libnop-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• libnop-dev website

Summary

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