How To Install libunistring-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libunistring-dev
libunistring-dev is:
The ’libunistring’ library implements Unicode strings (in the UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 encodings), together with functions for Unicode characters (character names, classifications, properties) and functions for string processing (formatted output, width, word breaks, line breaks, normalization, case folding, regular expressions).
This package contains the development support files needed to compile and link against libunistring, as well as the documentation in Info and HTML format.
There are three methods to install libunistring-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 libunistring-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libunistring-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunistring-devInstall libunistring-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libunistring-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunistring-devInstall libunistring-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 libunistring-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunistring-devHow To Uninstall libunistring-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libunistring-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunistring-devUninstall libunistring-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunistring-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunistring-devRemove libunistring-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libunistring-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunistring-devRemove libunistring-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunistring-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunistring-devDependencies
libunistring-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunistring-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.