How To Install libspdlog-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspdlog-dev on Kali Linux. libspdlog-dev is Very fast, header only or compiled, C++ logging library

Introduction

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

What is libspdlog-dev

libspdlog-dev is:

Features: Very fast - performance is the primary goal; Headers only; No dependencies - just copy and use; call style using the excellent cppformat library; ostream call style is supported too; Optional extremely fast asynchronous mode - using lockfree queues and other tricks to reach millions of calls/sec; Custom formatting; Multi/Single threaded loggers; Easily extendable with custom log targets (just implement a single function in the sink interface). Severity based filtering - threshold levels can be modified in runtime as well as in compile time.

Various log targets: Rotating log files, Daily log files, Console logging, Linux syslog.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libspdlog-dev

Install libspdlog-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libspdlog-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libspdlog-dev

How To Uninstall libspdlog-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libspdlog-dev

Uninstall libspdlog-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspdlog-dev

Remove libspdlog-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libspdlog-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libspdlog-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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