How To Install librgw-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librgw-dev on Kali Linux. librgw-dev is RADOS client library (development files)

Introduction

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

What is librgw-dev

librgw-dev is:

RADOS is a distributed object store used by the Ceph distributed storage system. This package provides a REST gateway to the object store that aims to implement a superset of Amazon’s S3 service.

This package contains development files needed for building applications that link against librgw2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librgw-dev

Install librgw-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librgw-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install librgw-dev

How To Uninstall librgw-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librgw-dev

Uninstall librgw-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librgw-dev

Remove librgw-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librgw-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

librgw-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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