How To Install libsimpleini-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimpleini-dev on Kali Linux. libsimpleini-dev is C++ library for INI-style configuration files (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libsimpleini-dev

libsimpleini-dev is:

A cross-platform library that provides a simple API to read and write INI-style configuration files. It supports data files in ASCII, MBCS and Unicode. It is designed explicitly to be portable to any platform and has been tested on Windows, WinCE and Linux.

This package contains the header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsimpleini-dev

Install libsimpleini-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsimpleini-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsimpleini-dev

How To Uninstall libsimpleini-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsimpleini-dev

Uninstall libsimpleini-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsimpleini-dev

Remove libsimpleini-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsimpleini-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsimpleini-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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