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 update
After updating apt database, We can install libtracefs-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtracefs-dev
Install libtracefs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtracefs-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtracefs-dev
Install 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 update
After updating apt database, We can install libtracefs-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtracefs-dev
How 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-dev
Uninstall 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-dev
Remove 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-dev
Remove 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-dev
Dependencies
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
.