How To Install libtokyocabinet-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtokyocabinet-dev on Kali Linux. libtokyocabinet-dev is Tokyo Cabinet Database Libraries [development]

Introduction

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

What is libtokyocabinet-dev

libtokyocabinet-dev is:

Tokyo Cabinet is an efficient database library like GDBM and NDBM. It features hash database and B+ tree database and is developed as the successor of QDBM, for the purpose of the following three points: higher processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API.

This is the development package which contains headers and static libraries for the Tokyo Cabinet database library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtokyocabinet-dev

Install libtokyocabinet-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtokyocabinet-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtokyocabinet-dev

How To Uninstall libtokyocabinet-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtokyocabinet-dev

Uninstall libtokyocabinet-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtokyocabinet-dev

Remove libtokyocabinet-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtokyocabinet-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtokyocabinet-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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