How To Install libowcapi-3.2-4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libowcapi-3.2-4 on Kali Linux.

What is libowcapi-3.2-4

libowcapi-3.2-4 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.

This package includes the C API that allows one to talk directly to 1-wire buses (through the libow library).

There are three methods to install libowcapi-3.2-4 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 libowcapi-3.2-4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libowcapi-3.2-4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libowcapi-3.2-4

Install libowcapi-3.2-4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libowcapi-3.2-4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libowcapi-3.2-4

Install libowcapi-3.2-4 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 libowcapi-3.2-4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libowcapi-3.2-4

How To Uninstall libowcapi-3.2-4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libowcapi-3.2-4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libowcapi-3.2-4

Uninstall libowcapi-3.2-4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libowcapi-3.2-4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libowcapi-3.2-4

Remove libowcapi-3.2-4 Configurations and Data

To remove libowcapi-3.2-4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libowcapi-3.2-4

Remove libowcapi-3.2-4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libowcapi-3.2-4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libowcapi-3.2-4

Dependencies

libowcapi-3.2-4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libow-3.2-4

References

• libowcapi-3.2-4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libowcapi-3.2-4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.