How To Install libs6-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libs6-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libs6-dev

libs6-dev is:

s6 is a small suite of programs for UNIX, designed to allow process supervision (a.k.a service supervision), in the line of daemontools and runit, as well as various operations on processes and daemons. It is meant to be a toolbox for low-level process and service administration, providing different sets of independent tools that can be used within or without the framework, and that can be assembled together to achieve powerful functionality with a very small amount of code.

This package contains static and header files.

There are three methods to install libs6-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 libs6-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 libs6-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libs6-dev

Install libs6-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libs6-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libs6-dev

Install libs6-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 libs6-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libs6-dev

How To Uninstall libs6-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libs6-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libs6-dev

Uninstall libs6-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libs6-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libs6-dev

Remove libs6-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libs6-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libs6-dev

Remove libs6-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libs6-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libs6-dev

Dependencies

libs6-dev have the following dependencies:

• libs6-2.10

References

• libs6-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libs6-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.