How To Install libpurelibc-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurelibc-dev on Kali Linux. libpurelibc-dev is Overlay library for glibc that allows system call capturing - development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurelibc-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpurelibc-dev

libpurelibc-dev is:

Pure_libc converts glibc from a libc+system interfacing library into a libc-only library. A process can trace the system call generated by itself by purelibc. Pure_libc is not complete yet. Stdio has been implemented onto the fopencookie call. Due to current limitations of fopencookie, freopen may not work properly when reopening files different from std{in, out, err}.

This package contains the development files for libvdestack

There are three methods to install libpurelibc-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 libpurelibc-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpurelibc-dev

Install libpurelibc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpurelibc-dev

Install libpurelibc-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libpurelibc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpurelibc-dev

How To Uninstall libpurelibc-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpurelibc-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpurelibc-dev

Uninstall libpurelibc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpurelibc-dev

Remove libpurelibc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpurelibc-dev

Remove libpurelibc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpurelibc-dev

Dependencies

libpurelibc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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