How To Install libtirpc-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtirpc-dev on Kali Linux. libtirpc-dev is transport-independent RPC library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libtirpc-dev

libtirpc-dev is:

This package contains a port of Sun’s transport-independent RPC library to Linux. The library is intended as a replacement for the RPC code in the GNU C library, providing among others support for RPC (and in turn, NFS) over IPv6.

This package contains the files needed for development against libtirpc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtirpc-dev

Install libtirpc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtirpc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtirpc-dev

How To Uninstall libtirpc-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtirpc-dev

Uninstall libtirpc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtirpc-dev

Remove libtirpc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtirpc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtirpc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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