How To Install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev on Kali Linux. libsoup-gnome2.4-dev is HTTP library implementation in C – GNOME support development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

libsoup-gnome2.4-dev is:

It was originally part of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but the SOAP and non-SOAP parts have now been split into separate packages.

libsoup uses the Glib main loop and is designed to work well with GTK+ applications. This enables GNOME applications to access HTTP servers on the network in a completely asynchronous fashion, very similar to the Gtk+ programming model (a synchronous operation mode is also supported for those who want it).

The GNOME support library is used for features which are important to GNOME apps, but which require GNOME-specific libraries that non-GNOME apps may not want to add dependencies on.

Features:

  • Both asynchronous (GMainLoop and callback-based) and synchronous APIs
  • Automatically caches connections
  • SSL Support using GnuTLS
  • Proxy support, including authentication and SSL tunneling
  • Client support for Digest, NTLM, and Basic authentication
  • Server support for Digest and Basic authentication
  • Basic client-side SOAP and XML-RPC support

This package contains the development files for the GNOME support.

There are three methods to install libsoup-gnome2.4-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 libsoup-gnome2.4-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 libsoup-gnome2.4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

Install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

Install libsoup-gnome2.4-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 libsoup-gnome2.4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

How To Uninstall libsoup-gnome2.4-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsoup-gnome2.4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

Uninstall libsoup-gnome2.4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsoup-gnome2.4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

Remove libsoup-gnome2.4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libsoup-gnome2.4-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

Remove libsoup-gnome2.4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsoup-gnome2.4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoup-gnome2.4-dev

Dependencies

libsoup-gnome2.4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoup-gnome2.4-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.