How To Install libyaml-cpp0.6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-cpp0.6 on Kali Linux.

What is libyaml-cpp0.6

libyaml-cpp0.6 is:

yaml-cpp is a C++ library for parsing and emitting data in YAML 1.2, a human-readable data serialization format.

This package provides run-time library of yaml-cpp.

There are three methods to install libyaml-cpp0.6 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 libyaml-cpp0.6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libyaml-cpp0.6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libyaml-cpp0.6

Install libyaml-cpp0.6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libyaml-cpp0.6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libyaml-cpp0.6

Install libyaml-cpp0.6 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 libyaml-cpp0.6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libyaml-cpp0.6

How To Uninstall libyaml-cpp0.6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libyaml-cpp0.6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libyaml-cpp0.6

Uninstall libyaml-cpp0.6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libyaml-cpp0.6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyaml-cpp0.6

Remove libyaml-cpp0.6 Configurations and Data

To remove libyaml-cpp0.6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libyaml-cpp0.6

Remove libyaml-cpp0.6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libyaml-cpp0.6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyaml-cpp0.6

Dependencies

libyaml-cpp0.6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libyaml-cpp0.6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-cpp0.6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.