How To Install libzmq3-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzmq3-dev on Kali Linux. libzmq3-dev is lightweight messaging kernel (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzmq3-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libzmq3-dev

libzmq3-dev is:

?MQ is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by specialised messaging middleware products.

?MQ sockets provide an abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns, message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport protocols and more.

This package contains the ZeroMQ development libraries and header files.

There are three methods to install libzmq3-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 libzmq3-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 libzmq3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzmq3-dev

Install libzmq3-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libzmq3-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libzmq3-dev

Install libzmq3-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 libzmq3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzmq3-dev

How To Uninstall libzmq3-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libzmq3-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzmq3-dev

Uninstall libzmq3-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzmq3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzmq3-dev

Remove libzmq3-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libzmq3-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzmq3-dev

Remove libzmq3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libzmq3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzmq3-dev

Dependencies

libzmq3-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzmq3-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.