How To Install libplib-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libplib-dev
libplib-dev is:
Provides a Joystick interface, a simple GUI built on top of OpenGL, some standard geometry functions, a sound library and a simple scene graph API built on top of OpenGL.
This package provides the static libraries, the header files and the development links to the shared libraries. You need this package if you want to compile software which needs plib.
There are three methods to install libplib-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 libplib-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libplib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplib-devInstall libplib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libplib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplib-devInstall libplib-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 libplib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplib-devHow To Uninstall libplib-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libplib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplib-devUninstall libplib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplib-devRemove libplib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplib-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplib-devRemove libplib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplib-devDependencies
libplib-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplib-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.