How To Install dietlibc-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dietlibc-dev on Kali Linux. dietlibc-dev is diet libc - a libc optimized for small size

Introduction

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

What is dietlibc-dev

dietlibc-dev is:

The diet libc is a C library that is optimized for small size. It can be used to create small statically linked binaries for Linux on alpha, arm, ia64, mips, mipsel, ppc, parisc, s390, sparc and x86.

This package is used to compile programs with the diet libc.

The diet libc also supports dynamic linking, but this has been temporarily disabled because of problems with it.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dietlibc-dev

Install dietlibc-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dietlibc-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install dietlibc-dev

How To Uninstall dietlibc-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dietlibc-dev

Uninstall dietlibc-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dietlibc-dev

Remove dietlibc-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dietlibc-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

dietlibc-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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