How To Install librest-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-doc on Kali Linux.

What is librest-doc

librest-doc is:

This library was designed to make it easier to access web services that claim to be “RESTful”. It includes convenience wrappers for libsoup and libxml to ease remote use of the RESTful API.

This package contains the documentation

There are three methods to install librest-doc 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 librest-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install librest-doc

Install librest-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librest-doc

Install librest-doc 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 librest-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librest-doc

How To Uninstall librest-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librest-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librest-doc

Uninstall librest-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librest-doc

Remove librest-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librest-doc

Remove librest-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librest-doc

Dependencies

librest-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• librest-doc website

Summary

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