How To Install libuu-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuu-dev on Kali Linux. libuu-dev is Library for de/encoding several popular file encodings - development

Introduction

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

What is libuu-dev

libuu-dev is:

Libuu is a library of functions for decoding and encoding files in the following formats: uuencode, xxencode, BASE64, yEncoding, quoted printable, and BinHex.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libuu-dev

Install libuu-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libuu-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libuu-dev

How To Uninstall libuu-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libuu-dev

Uninstall libuu-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuu-dev

Remove libuu-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libuu-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libuu-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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