How To Install libopendht-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopendht-dev on Kali Linux. libopendht-dev is Development files for the libopendht library

Introduction

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

What is libopendht-dev

libopendht-dev is:

OpenDHT is a C++11 distributed hash table implementation. Feature list:

  • Distributed shared key->value data-store
  • Clean and powerful distributed map API with storage of arbitrary binary values of up to 56 KB.
  • Optional public key cryptography layer providing data signature and encryption (using GnuTLS).
  • IPv4 and IPv6 support.

This package contains the static library and headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopendht-dev

Install libopendht-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopendht-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopendht-dev

How To Uninstall libopendht-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libopendht-dev

Uninstall libopendht-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopendht-dev

Remove libopendht-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopendht-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopendht-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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