How To Install libyaramod-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaramod-dev on Kali Linux. libyaramod-dev is YARA parser for C++ (development headers)

Introduction

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

What is libyaramod-dev

libyaramod-dev is:

yaramod is a library that provides parsing of YARA rules into AST and a C++ programming interface to build new YARA rulesets. yaramod also comes with Python bindings and can be installed using pip.

This package contains the development headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libyaramod-dev

Install libyaramod-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libyaramod-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libyaramod-dev

How To Uninstall libyaramod-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libyaramod-dev

Uninstall libyaramod-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyaramod-dev

Remove libyaramod-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libyaramod-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libyaramod-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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