How to Install and Uninstall libpurple-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libpurple-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libpurple-dev on Kali Linux

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libpurple-dev

2. Uninstall "libpurple-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libpurple-dev on Kali Linux:

$ sudo apt remove libpurple-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libpurple-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: libpurple-dev
Source: pidgin (2.14.12-1)
Version: 2.14.12-1+b1
Installed-Size: 1125
Maintainer: Richard Laager
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libdbus-glib-1-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libpurple0 (= 2.14.12-1+b1), pkg-config
Size: 238008
SHA256: 38684b0122676046cd86f4386096cb560c645f6807075fd1d449d3f857d67bcc
SHA1: dd6bd27326240268e3a1a87b7ae0ec79e465e349
MD5sum: 675d3a603fea34539b62c48d58652deb
Description: multi-protocol instant messaging library - development files
This package contains the headers and other development files not included in
the main libpurple0 package. Install this if you wish to compile your own
client-agnostic plugins, or would like to compile programs that use
libpurple.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.pidgin.im
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pidgin/libpurple-dev_2.14.12-1+b1_amd64.deb