How To Install libyara-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyara-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libyara-dev
libyara-dev is:
YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.
Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular expressions and many other features.
This package provides development libraries and headers.
There are three methods to install libyara-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 libyara-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libyara-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libyara-devInstall libyara-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libyara-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libyara-devInstall libyara-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libyara-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libyara-devHow To Uninstall libyara-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libyara-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libyara-devUninstall libyara-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libyara-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyara-devRemove libyara-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libyara-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libyara-devRemove libyara-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libyara-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyara-devDependencies
libyara-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyara-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
