How To Install libzypp-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libzypp-dev
libzypp-dev is:
libzypp is the package management library that powers applications like YaST, zypper and the openSUSE/SLE implementation of PackageKit.
libzypp provides all the functionality for a package manager:
- an API for package repository management, supporting most common repository metadata formats and signed repositories
- an API for solving packages, products, patterns and patches (installation, removal, update and distribution upgrade operations) dependencies, with additional features like locking
- an API for comitting the transaction to the system over a rpm target; supporting deltarpm calculation, media changing and installation order calculation
- an API for browsing available and installed software, with some facilities for programs with an user interface
- a suite of maintained solving testcases representing common and uncommon operations on Linux software management
This package contains the development files for the libzypp library.
There are three methods to install libzypp-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 libzypp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libzypp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzypp-devInstall libzypp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libzypp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzypp-devInstall libzypp-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 libzypp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzypp-devHow To Uninstall libzypp-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libzypp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzypp-devUninstall libzypp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzypp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzypp-devRemove libzypp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzypp-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzypp-devRemove libzypp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzypp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzypp-devDependencies
libzypp-dev have the following dependencies:
- librpm-dev
- libboost-dev
- libboost-program-options-dev
- libboost-test-dev
- libboost-thread-dev
- libgpgme-dev
- libssl-dev
- libcurl4-openssl-dev
- libudev-dev
- libxml2-dev
- libsolv-dev
- libexpat-dev
- libpopt-dev
- libproxy-dev
- libzypp1722
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzypp-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
