How To Install libwebsockets-test-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets-test-server on Kali Linux.

What is libwebsockets-test-server

libwebsockets-test-server is:

Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library for both websockets clients and servers built to use minimal CPU and memory resources and provide fast throughput in both directions.

This package contains several demonstration test servers.

There are three methods to install libwebsockets-test-server 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 libwebsockets-test-server Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-test-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets-test-server

Install libwebsockets-test-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets-test-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwebsockets-test-server

Install libwebsockets-test-server 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 libwebsockets-test-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets-test-server

How To Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwebsockets-test-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets-test-server

Uninstall libwebsockets-test-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets-test-server

Remove libwebsockets-test-server Configurations and Data

To remove libwebsockets-test-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets-test-server

Remove libwebsockets-test-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets-test-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets-test-server

Dependencies

libwebsockets-test-server have the following dependencies:

• libwebsockets16
• libwebsockets-test-server-common
• libc6
• libcap2

References

• libwebsockets-test-server website

Summary

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