How To Install libofapi-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libofapi-dev
libofapi-dev is:
oflib is a library designed to make the parsing of POWER and SPARC device-tree’s (OpenFirmware) simple and fast.
It is useful for querying the hardware of the current system in applications for Apple, IBM and SUN machines.
This package contains files that are needed to build applications.
There are three methods to install libofapi-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 libofapi-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libofapi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libofapi-devInstall libofapi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libofapi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libofapi-devInstall libofapi-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 libofapi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libofapi-devHow To Uninstall libofapi-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libofapi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libofapi-devUninstall libofapi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libofapi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libofapi-devRemove libofapi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libofapi-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libofapi-devRemove libofapi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libofapi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libofapi-devDependencies
libofapi-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libofapi-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.