How To Install libzzip-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libzzip-dev

libzzip-dev is:

The zziplib library is intentionally lightweight, it offers the ability to easily extract data from files archived in a single zip file. Applications can bundle files into a single zip archive and access them. The implementation is based only on the (free) subset of compression with the zlib algorithm which is actually used by the zip/unzip tools.

This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use zziplib.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzzip-dev

Install libzzip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzzip-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libzzip-dev

How To Uninstall libzzip-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libzzip-dev

Uninstall libzzip-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzzip-dev

Remove libzzip-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzzip-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libzzip-dev have the following dependencies:

• libzzip-0-13

References

• libzzip-dev website

Summary

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