How To Install libxmlbird-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmlbird-dev on Kali Linux. libxmlbird-dev is XML parser written in Vala (development files)

Introduction

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

What is libxmlbird-dev

libxmlbird-dev is:

XML Bird is a library for parsing documents written in the Exensible Markup Language (XML). This parser is written in Vala and has support for Vala iterators. This makes it possible to loop over all tags and attributes in the document using the foreach statement.

This package contains development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxmlbird-dev

Install libxmlbird-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxmlbird-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxmlbird-dev

How To Uninstall libxmlbird-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libxmlbird-dev

Uninstall libxmlbird-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmlbird-dev

Remove libxmlbird-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmlbird-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxmlbird-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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