How To Install libtraceevent-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libtraceevent-dev
libtraceevent-dev is:
The libtraceevent library provides APIs to access kernel tracepoint events, located in the tracefs file system under the events directory.
This package is needed to compile programs against libtraceevent1.
There are three methods to install libtraceevent-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 libtraceevent-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libtraceevent-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtraceevent-devInstall libtraceevent-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libtraceevent-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtraceevent-devInstall libtraceevent-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 libtraceevent-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtraceevent-devHow To Uninstall libtraceevent-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libtraceevent-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtraceevent-devUninstall libtraceevent-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtraceevent-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtraceevent-devRemove libtraceevent-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtraceevent-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtraceevent-devRemove libtraceevent-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtraceevent-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtraceevent-devDependencies
libtraceevent-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtraceevent-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
