How To Install lxc-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-dev on Kali Linux. lxc-dev is Linux Containers userspace tools (development)

Introduction

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

What is lxc-dev

lxc-dev is:

Containers are insulated areas inside a system, which have their own namespace for filesystem, network, PID, IPC, CPU and memory allocation and which can be created using the Control Group and Namespace features included in the Linux kernel.

This package contains the development files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxc-dev

Install lxc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install lxc-dev

How To Uninstall lxc-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lxc-dev

Uninstall lxc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxc-dev

Remove lxc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lxc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

lxc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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