How To Install libpsocksxx-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsocksxx-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libpsocksxx-dev
libpsocksxx-dev is:
psocksxx library attempts to borrow the concepts from socket++ and socket-library, but not the code, and create a well documented (and hopefully easy to understand) POSIX socket communication wrapper in C++. To keep the code simple and clean this project will only support POSIX sockets. This package holds the development files.
There are three methods to install libpsocksxx-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 libpsocksxx-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpsocksxx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpsocksxx-devInstall libpsocksxx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpsocksxx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpsocksxx-devInstall libpsocksxx-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 libpsocksxx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpsocksxx-devHow To Uninstall libpsocksxx-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpsocksxx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpsocksxx-devUninstall libpsocksxx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpsocksxx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpsocksxx-devRemove libpsocksxx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpsocksxx-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpsocksxx-devRemove libpsocksxx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpsocksxx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpsocksxx-devDependencies
libpsocksxx-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpsocksxx-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
