How To Install libtango-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtango-dev on Kali Linux. libtango-dev is TANGO distributed control system - development library

Introduction

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

What is libtango-dev

libtango-dev is:

TANGO is an object-oriented distributed control system using CORBA. In TANGO all objects are representations of devices, which can be on the same computer or distributed over a network. Communication between devices uses CORBA and can be synchronous, asynchronous or event driven.

The object model in TANGO supports methods, attributes and properties. TANGO provides an API which hides all the details of network access and provides object browsing, discovery, and security features. Permanent data is stored in a MySQL/MariaDB database.

TANGO is being actively developed as a collaborative effort between the ESRF (www.esrf.eu), Soleil (synchrotron-soleil.fr), Alba (www.cells.es), and Elettra institutes (www.elettra.trieste.it).

This package contains the tango9 development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtango-dev

Install libtango-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtango-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtango-dev

How To Uninstall libtango-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtango-dev

Uninstall libtango-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtango-dev

Remove libtango-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtango-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtango-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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