How To Install liboauth-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboauth-dev on Kali Linux. liboauth-dev is C library implementing OAuth Core 1.0a API (development files)

Introduction

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

What is liboauth-dev

liboauth-dev is:

OAuth (Open Authorization) is an authentication protocol that allows users to approve a client (such as a Twitter third-party app) to act on their behalf without sharing their password. liboauth provides basic functions to escape and encode parameters according to the OAuth Core 1.0a API, and offers high-level functions to sign requests or verify signatures.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liboauth-dev

Install liboauth-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liboauth-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liboauth-dev

How To Uninstall liboauth-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liboauth-dev

Uninstall liboauth-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboauth-dev

Remove liboauth-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liboauth-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liboauth-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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