How To Install libqpx-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqpx-dev on Kali Linux. libqpx-dev is CD/DVD quality checker (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libqpx-dev

libqpx-dev is:

QPxTool gives you access to all available Quality Checks (Q-Checks) on written and blank media, that are available for your drive. This will help you to find the right media and the optimized writing speed for your hardware, which will increase the chance for a long data lifetime.

This package contains the headers and development files.

There are three methods to install libqpx-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 libqpx-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 libqpx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqpx-dev

Install libqpx-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libqpx-dev

Install libqpx-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 libqpx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqpx-dev

How To Uninstall libqpx-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libqpx-dev

Uninstall libqpx-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqpx-dev

Remove libqpx-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libqpx-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libqpx-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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