How To Install libsword-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libsword-dev
libsword-dev is:
The SWORD Project is an open source, cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Solaris, MacOSX etc.) API/library for Bible software with a constantly growing list of front-ends (GUI, textmode, web-based, etc.) and a library of over 200 text modules.
This package contains the static libraries and headers for developing applications that use the SWORD library.
There are three methods to install libsword-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 libsword-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsword-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsword-devInstall libsword-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsword-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsword-devInstall libsword-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsword-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsword-devHow To Uninstall libsword-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libsword-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsword-devUninstall libsword-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsword-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsword-devRemove libsword-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsword-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsword-devRemove libsword-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsword-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsword-devDependencies
libsword-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.