How To Install libtracker-control-2.0-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracker-control-2.0-dev on Kali Linux. libtracker-control-2.0-dev is library to control/monitor tracker miners - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracker-control-2.0-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libtracker-control-2.0-dev

libtracker-control-2.0-dev is:

This package contains the static libraries and header files needed to link applications with libtracker-control.

libtracker-control provides a library for managing miners, including polling status and progress, pausing, resuming and more.

Tracker is an advanced framework for first class objects with associated metadata and tags. It provides a one stop solution for all metadata, tags, shared object databases, search tools and indexing.

There are three methods to install libtracker-control-2.0-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 libtracker-control-2.0-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 libtracker-control-2.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtracker-control-2.0-dev

Install libtracker-control-2.0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtracker-control-2.0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtracker-control-2.0-dev

Install libtracker-control-2.0-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 libtracker-control-2.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtracker-control-2.0-dev

How To Uninstall libtracker-control-2.0-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtracker-control-2.0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev

Uninstall libtracker-control-2.0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtracker-control-2.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtracker-control-2.0-dev

Remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtracker-control-2.0-dev

Remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtracker-control-2.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtracker-control-2.0-dev

Dependencies

libtracker-control-2.0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtracker-control-2.0-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.