How to Install and Uninstall libc-ares-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libc-ares-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libc-ares-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libc-ares-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libc-ares-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libc-ares-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libc-ares-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libc-ares-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libc-ares-dev
Source: c-ares
Version: 1.27.0-1
Installed-Size: 769
Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc-ares2 (= 1.27.0-1)
Conflicts: libares-dev
Size: 257072
SHA256: 929465e4c1a76a8b11b321f411a83df46c5ea65b734a2e381526c097be063457
SHA1: f840c8630df3d7d387dca70e12596278d73e4431
MD5sum: 3d1cd3e8fcfa328175fb77f13087e5e5
Description: asynchronous name resolver - development files
c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolution
asynchronously.
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It is a fork of the library named "ares", with additional features:
* IPv6 support;
* extended cross-platform portability;
* 64-bit clean sources.
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This package contains development files (headers and static libraries).
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://c-ares.org/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/c-ares/libc-ares-dev_1.27.0-1_amd64.deb