How To Install libucommon-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libucommon-dev on Kali Linux. libucommon-dev is lightweight C++ threading and sockets - development files

Introduction

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

What is libucommon-dev

libucommon-dev is:

GNU uCommon C++ is a lightweight library to facilitate using C++ design patterns even for very deeply embedded applications, such as for systems using uClibc along with POSIX threading support. For this reason, uCommon disables language features that consume memory or introduce runtime overhead. uCommon introduces some design patterns from Objective-C, such as reference counted objects, memory pools, and smart pointers. uCommon introduces some new concepts for handling of thread locking and synchronization.

This package contains the development headers and static libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libucommon-dev

Install libucommon-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libucommon-dev

Install libucommon-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 libucommon-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libucommon-dev

How To Uninstall libucommon-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libucommon-dev

Uninstall libucommon-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libucommon-dev

Remove libucommon-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libucommon-dev

Remove libucommon-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libucommon-dev

Dependencies

libucommon-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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