How To Install libsolvext-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libsolvext-dev

libsolvext-dev is:

This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:

1. Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
2. Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.

This package contains development files for libsolvext.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsolvext-dev

Install libsolvext-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsolvext-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsolvext-dev

How To Uninstall libsolvext-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsolvext-dev

Uninstall libsolvext-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsolvext-dev

Remove libsolvext-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsolvext-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsolvext-dev have the following dependencies:

• libsolvext1

References

• libsolvext-dev website

Summary

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