How To Install libow-php7 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-php7 on Kali Linux. libow-php7 is Dallas 1-wire support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-php7 on Kali Linux.

What is libow-php7

libow-php7 is:

The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.

PHP bindings for the OWFS 1-wire support library have been produced with SWIG and allow access to libow* functions from PHP code.

There are three methods to install libow-php7 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 libow-php7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libow-php7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libow-php7

Install libow-php7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libow-php7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libow-php7

Install libow-php7 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 libow-php7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libow-php7

How To Uninstall libow-php7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libow-php7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libow-php7

Uninstall libow-php7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libow-php7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libow-php7

Remove libow-php7 Configurations and Data

To remove libow-php7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libow-php7

Remove libow-php7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libow-php7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libow-php7

Dependencies

libow-php7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-php7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.