How To Install libwine-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwine-dev on Kali Linux. libwine-dev is Windows API implementation - development files

Introduction

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

What is libwine-dev

libwine-dev is:

Wine is a free MS-Windows API implementation. This is still a work in progress and many applications may still not work.

This package provides Wine’s C header files and development libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwine-dev

Install libwine-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwine-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwine-dev

How To Uninstall libwine-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libwine-dev

Uninstall libwine-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwine-dev

Remove libwine-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwine-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwine-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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