How To Install libnotcurses-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libnotcurses-dev
libnotcurses-dev is:
Notcurses facilitates the creation of modern TUI programs, making full use of Unicode and 24-bit TrueColor. Its API is similar to that of NCURSES, but extends that with z-buffering, rendering of images and video using ffmpeg, alpha blending, widgets, palette fades, resize awareness, and multithreading support.
These files are necessary for C development using Notcurses. This package installs multimedia support atop libnotcurses-core-dev.
There are three methods to install libnotcurses-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 libnotcurses-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnotcurses-devInstall libnotcurses-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libnotcurses-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnotcurses-devInstall libnotcurses-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 libnotcurses-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnotcurses-devHow To Uninstall libnotcurses-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libnotcurses-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnotcurses-devUninstall libnotcurses-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnotcurses-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotcurses-devRemove libnotcurses-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnotcurses-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnotcurses-devRemove libnotcurses-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnotcurses-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotcurses-devDependencies
libnotcurses-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotcurses-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
