How To Install libpigpiod-if1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpigpiod-if1 on Kali Linux.

What is libpigpiod-if1

libpigpiod-if1 is:

Pigpio is a set of software which allows control of the General Purpose Input Outputs (GPIO) locally or remotely. Currently only the client side is Packaged in Debian as the server side is incompatible with Debian kernels.

This package provides the deprecated libpigpiod_if client library

There are three methods to install libpigpiod-if1 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 libpigpiod-if1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpigpiod-if1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpigpiod-if1

Install libpigpiod-if1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpigpiod-if1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpigpiod-if1

Install libpigpiod-if1 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 libpigpiod-if1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpigpiod-if1

How To Uninstall libpigpiod-if1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpigpiod-if1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpigpiod-if1

Uninstall libpigpiod-if1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpigpiod-if1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpigpiod-if1

Remove libpigpiod-if1 Configurations and Data

To remove libpigpiod-if1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpigpiod-if1

Remove libpigpiod-if1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpigpiod-if1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpigpiod-if1

Dependencies

libpigpiod-if1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libpigpiod-if1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpigpiod-if1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.