How To Install libzthread-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzthread-dev on Kali Linux. libzthread-dev is Object-oriented synchronization library for C++ (runtime lib)

Introduction

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

What is libzthread-dev

libzthread-dev is:

Zthreads is an advanced platform-independent, object-oriented threading and synchronization library. Designed and tested under POSIX & Win32 systems.

It provides several structures for concurrent programming like PoolExecutor, MonitoredQueue, Barriers and much more. Furthermore, structures like Task and Thread are provided for creating threading applications in C++ easier.

This library wraps and interfaces with pthreads, so it is fully compliant.

This package provides the runtime library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzthread-dev

Install libzthread-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzthread-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzthread-dev

How To Uninstall libzthread-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libzthread-dev

Uninstall libzthread-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzthread-dev

Remove libzthread-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzthread-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzthread-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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