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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libyara-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libyara-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libyara-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libyara-dev" package

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


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

Package: libyara-dev
Source: yara
Version: 4.5.0-1
Installed-Size: 1309
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libyara10 (= 4.5.0-1), libjansson-dev, libmagic-dev, libssl-dev
Size: 245792
SHA256: 7f2feb05a32155414d5e19b7f4af24e7b7a4e02708b069ee85a45fad7b3adf9b
SHA1: 532904382d34472816836499057207f5a3366916
MD5sum: f2d09b4995d40c4d5c085200ee6ff94d
Description: YARA development libraries and headers
YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and
classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create
descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns
contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of
a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.
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Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with
wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular
expressions and many other features.
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This package provides development libraries and headers.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://virustotal.github.io/yara/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/y/yara/libyara-dev_4.5.0-1_amd64.deb