How To Install libtracefs-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracefs-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libtracefs-dev
libtracefs-dev is:
The libtracefs library provides APIs to access kernel tracefs file system.
This package is needed to compile programs against libtracefs1.
There are three methods to install libtracefs-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 libtracefs-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libtracefs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtracefs-devInstall libtracefs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libtracefs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtracefs-devInstall libtracefs-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 libtracefs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtracefs-devHow To Uninstall libtracefs-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libtracefs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtracefs-devUninstall libtracefs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtracefs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtracefs-devRemove libtracefs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtracefs-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtracefs-devRemove libtracefs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtracefs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtracefs-devDependencies
libtracefs-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracefs-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.