How To Install librw-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librw-dev on Kali Linux. librw-dev is Compute rank-width and rank-decompositions of graphs (development)

Introduction

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

What is librw-dev

librw-dev is:

Compute rank-width and rank-decompositions of graphs. It is based on ideas from “Computing rank-width exactly” by Sang-il Oum, “Sopra una formula numerica” by Ernesto Pascal, “Generation of a Vector from the Lexicographical Index” by B.P. Buckles and M. Lybanon and “Fast additions on masked integers” by Michael D. Adams and David S. Wise.

This package contains the development files for the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librw-dev

Install librw-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librw-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install librw-dev

How To Uninstall librw-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librw-dev

Uninstall librw-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librw-dev

Remove librw-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librw-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

librw-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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