How To Install libprotobuf-c-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-c-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libprotobuf-c-dev
libprotobuf-c-dev is:
Protocol Buffers are a flexible, efficient, automated mechanism for serializing structured data - similar to XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler. You define how you want your data to be structured once, then you can use special generated source code to easily write and read your structured data to and from a variety of data streams and using a variety of languages. You can even update your data structure without breaking deployed programs that are compiled against the “old” format.
This is the “protobuf-c” implementation of Protocol Buffers in C.
This package contains the static library and development headers.
There are three methods to install libprotobuf-c-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 libprotobuf-c-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-c-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf-c-devInstall libprotobuf-c-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libprotobuf-c-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprotobuf-c-devInstall libprotobuf-c-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 libprotobuf-c-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf-c-devHow To Uninstall libprotobuf-c-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libprotobuf-c-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf-c-devUninstall libprotobuf-c-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprotobuf-c-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf-c-devRemove libprotobuf-c-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libprotobuf-c-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf-c-devRemove libprotobuf-c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprotobuf-c-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotobuf-c-devDependencies
libprotobuf-c-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotobuf-c-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.