How To Install liboauth2-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboauth2-dev on Kali Linux. liboauth2-dev is Generic oauth2 and OIDC library (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboauth2-dev on Kali Linux.

What is liboauth2-dev

liboauth2-dev is:

Generic library that can be used to build OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect C-based servers and clients e.g. web-server plugins.

This package contains the development files necessary for running applications that use the liboauth2 library.

There are three methods to install liboauth2-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 liboauth2-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 liboauth2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liboauth2-dev

Install liboauth2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liboauth2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liboauth2-dev

Install liboauth2-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 liboauth2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liboauth2-dev

How To Uninstall liboauth2-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liboauth2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liboauth2-dev

Uninstall liboauth2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liboauth2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboauth2-dev

Remove liboauth2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liboauth2-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liboauth2-dev

Remove liboauth2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liboauth2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liboauth2-dev

Dependencies

liboauth2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboauth2-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.