How To Install liburcu-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburcu-dev on Kali Linux. liburcu-dev is userspace RCU (read-copy-update) library - development files

Introduction

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

What is liburcu-dev

liburcu-dev is:

This data synchronization library provides read-side access which scales linearly with the number of cores. It does so by allowing multiples copies of a given data structure to live at the same time, and by monitoring the data structure accesses to detect grace periods after which memory reclamation is possible.

Install this package if you wish to develop your own programs using the userspace RCU library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liburcu-dev

Install liburcu-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liburcu-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install liburcu-dev

How To Uninstall liburcu-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liburcu-dev

Uninstall liburcu-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liburcu-dev

Remove liburcu-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liburcu-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

liburcu-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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