How To Install libuv1-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv1-dev on Kali Linux. libuv1-dev is asynchronous event notification library - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv1-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libuv1-dev

libuv1-dev is:

Libuv is the asynchronous library behind Node.js. Very similar to libevent or libev, it provides the main elements for event driven systems: watching and waiting for availability in a set of sockets, and some other events like timers or asynchronous messages. However, libuv also comes with some other extras like:

  • files watchers and asynchronous operations
  • a portable TCP and UDP API, as well as asynchronous DNS resolution
  • processes and threads management, and a portable inter-process communications mechanism, with pipes and work queues
  • a plugins mechanism for loading libraries dynamically
  • interface with external libraries that also need to access the I/O.

Install this package if you wish to develop your own programs using the libuv engine.

There are three methods to install libuv1-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 libuv1-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 libuv1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libuv1-dev

Install libuv1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libuv1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libuv1-dev

Install libuv1-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 libuv1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libuv1-dev

How To Uninstall libuv1-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libuv1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libuv1-dev

Uninstall libuv1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libuv1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuv1-dev

Remove libuv1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libuv1-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libuv1-dev

Remove libuv1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libuv1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuv1-dev

Dependencies

libuv1-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuv1-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.