How To Install libu2f-host-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-host-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libu2f-host-dev

libu2f-host-dev is:

Libu2f is a package for doing Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) host communication and has functionality for the Registration and Authentication operations. The package contains a C library, a command line tool, and documentation.

This package contains development files for the libu2f-host library.

There are three methods to install libu2f-host-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 libu2f-host-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 libu2f-host-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libu2f-host-dev

Install libu2f-host-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libu2f-host-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libu2f-host-dev

Install libu2f-host-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 libu2f-host-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libu2f-host-dev

How To Uninstall libu2f-host-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libu2f-host-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libu2f-host-dev

Uninstall libu2f-host-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libu2f-host-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libu2f-host-dev

Remove libu2f-host-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libu2f-host-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libu2f-host-dev

Remove libu2f-host-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libu2f-host-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libu2f-host-dev

Dependencies

libu2f-host-dev have the following dependencies:

• libu2f-host0

References

• libu2f-host-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libu2f-host-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.