How To Install libns3-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libns3-dev on Kali Linux. libns3-dev is Static and header files of ns-3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libns3-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libns3-dev

libns3-dev is:

ns-3 is a discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems, targeted primarily for research and educational use. ns-3 is free software, licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license, and is publicly available for research, development, and use. ns-3 is intended as an eventual replacement for the popular ns-2 simulator. The project acronym ??nsnam?? derives historically from the concatenation of ns (network simulator) and NAM (network animator).

This package contains static libraries, header files.

There are three methods to install libns3-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 libns3-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 libns3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libns3-dev

Install libns3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libns3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libns3-dev

Install libns3-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 libns3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libns3-dev

How To Uninstall libns3-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libns3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libns3-dev

Uninstall libns3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libns3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libns3-dev

Remove libns3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libns3-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libns3-dev

Remove libns3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libns3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libns3-dev

Dependencies

libns3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libns3-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.