How To Install valabind on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install valabind on Kali Linux.

What is valabind

valabind is:

Valabind is a tool to parse vala or vapi files and transform them into SWIG interface files, C++ source files, GIR or GEAR.

It allows easy, fully automatic generation of language bindings for vala code.

There are three methods to install valabind 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 valabind Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install valabind

Install valabind Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install valabind using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install valabind

Install valabind 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 valabind using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install valabind

How To Uninstall valabind on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the valabind package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove valabind

Uninstall valabind And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove valabind

Remove valabind Configurations and Data

To remove valabind configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge valabind

Remove valabind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge valabind

Dependencies

valabind have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libvala-0.48-0
• libvalacodegen-0.48-0

References

• valabind website

Summary

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