How To Install libwebsockets16 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets16 on Kali Linux.

What is libwebsockets16

libwebsockets16 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 the shared library.

There are three methods to install libwebsockets16 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 libwebsockets16 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets16 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwebsockets16

Install libwebsockets16 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwebsockets16 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwebsockets16

Install libwebsockets16 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 libwebsockets16 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwebsockets16

How To Uninstall libwebsockets16 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwebsockets16 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwebsockets16

Uninstall libwebsockets16 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwebsockets16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebsockets16

Remove libwebsockets16 Configurations and Data

To remove libwebsockets16 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwebsockets16

Remove libwebsockets16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwebsockets16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebsockets16

Dependencies

libwebsockets16 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcap2

References

• libwebsockets16 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebsockets16 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.