How To Install libradare2-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libradare2-dev on Kali Linux. libradare2-dev is devel files from the radare2 suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libradare2-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libradare2-dev

libradare2-dev is:

The project aims to create a complete, portable, multi-architecture, unix-like toolchain for reverse engineering.

It is composed by an hexadecimal editor (radare) with a wrapped IO layer supporting multiple backends for local/remote files, debugger (OS X, BSD, Linux, W32), stream analyzer, assembler/disassembler (rasm) for x86, ARM, PPC, m68k, Java, MSIL, SPARC, code analysis modules and scripting facilities. A bindiffer named radiff, base converter (rax), shellcode development helper (rasc), a binary information extractor supporting PE, mach0, ELF, class, etc. named rabin, and a block-based hash utility called rahash.

This package provides the devel files from radare2.

There are three methods to install libradare2-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 libradare2-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 libradare2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libradare2-dev

Install libradare2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libradare2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libradare2-dev

Install libradare2-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 libradare2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libradare2-dev

How To Uninstall libradare2-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libradare2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libradare2-dev

Uninstall libradare2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libradare2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libradare2-dev

Remove libradare2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libradare2-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libradare2-dev

Remove libradare2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libradare2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libradare2-dev

Dependencies

libradare2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libradare2-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.