How To Install liborcus-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liborcus-dev on Kali Linux.
What is liborcus-dev
liborcus-dev is:
Orcus is a library that provides a collection of standalone file processing filters. It is currently focused on providing filters for spreadsheet documents, but filters for other productivity application types (such as wordprocessor and presentation) are in consideration.
The library currently includes filters for xlsx, ods, csv, and generic XML formats.
This package contains headers, pkg-config file and static library for developing applications using Orcus.
There are three methods to install liborcus-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 liborcus-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liborcus-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liborcus-devInstall liborcus-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liborcus-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liborcus-devInstall liborcus-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 liborcus-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liborcus-devHow To Uninstall liborcus-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the liborcus-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liborcus-devUninstall liborcus-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liborcus-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liborcus-devRemove liborcus-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liborcus-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liborcus-devRemove liborcus-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liborcus-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liborcus-devDependencies
liborcus-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liborcus-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.