How To Install libpython2.7-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython2.7-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libpython2.7-dev
libpython2.7-dev is:
Header files, a static library and development tools for building Python (v2.7) modules, extending the Python interpreter or embedding Python (v2.7) in applications.
Maintainers of Python packages should read README.maintainers.
This package contains development files. It is normally not used on it’s own, but as a dependency of python2.7-dev.
There are three methods to install libpython2.7-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 libpython2.7-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libpython2.7-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libpython2.7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libpython2.7-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libpython2.7-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.
After updating apt database, We can install libpython2.7-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libpython2.7-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpython2.7-dev
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libpython2.7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpython2.7-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libpython2.7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpython2.7-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libpython2.7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpython2.7-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libpython2.7-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpython2.7-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.