How To Install librest-extras-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-extras-dev on Kali Linux.
What is librest-extras-dev
librest-extras-dev 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 extra package provides Facebook and Flickr support.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install librest-extras-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 librest-extras-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librest-extras-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librest-extras-devInstall librest-extras-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librest-extras-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librest-extras-devInstall librest-extras-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librest-extras-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librest-extras-devHow To Uninstall librest-extras-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the librest-extras-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librest-extras-devUninstall librest-extras-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librest-extras-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librest-extras-devRemove librest-extras-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librest-extras-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librest-extras-devRemove librest-extras-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librest-extras-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librest-extras-devDependencies
librest-extras-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librest-extras-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.