How To Install librgxg-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg-dev on Kali Linux.
What is librgxg-dev
librgxg-dev is:
librgxg is a C library to generate (extended) regular expressions.
It can be useful to generate (extended) regular expressions to match for instance a specific number range (e.g. 0 to 31 or 00 to FF) or all addresses of a CIDR block (e.g. 192.168.0.0/24 or 2001:db8:aaaa::/64).
This package contains the development files (i.e. includes, static library, manual pages) that allow one to build software which uses librgxg.
There are three methods to install librgxg-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 librgxg-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librgxg-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librgxg-devInstall librgxg-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install librgxg-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librgxg-devInstall librgxg-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 librgxg-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librgxg-devHow To Uninstall librgxg-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the librgxg-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librgxg-devUninstall librgxg-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librgxg-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librgxg-devRemove librgxg-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librgxg-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librgxg-devRemove librgxg-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librgxg-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librgxg-devDependencies
librgxg-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librgxg-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.