How To Install libspctag-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspctag-dev on Kali Linux. libspctag-dev is ID666 tags edition support library (development headers)

Introduction

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

What is libspctag-dev

libspctag-dev is:

libspctag provides a library that allows reading and writing ID666 tags from SPC files (SNES audio files). For the moment, libspctag do not support extended ID666 edition.

This package provides the development headers for libspctag.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libspctag-dev

Install libspctag-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libspctag-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libspctag-dev

How To Uninstall libspctag-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libspctag-dev

Uninstall libspctag-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspctag-dev

Remove libspctag-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libspctag-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libspctag-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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