How To Install libdrm-tests on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-tests on Kali Linux. libdrm-tests is Testing tools from the libdrm project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-tests on Kali Linux.

What is libdrm-tests

libdrm-tests is:

This library implements the userspace interface to the kernel DRM services. DRM stands for “Direct Rendering Manager”, which is the kernelspace portion of the “Direct Rendering Infrastructure” (DRI). The DRI is currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated OpenGL drivers.

This package contains a variety of tools for testing from the libdrm project.

There are three methods to install libdrm-tests 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 libdrm-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-tests

Install libdrm-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdrm-tests

Install libdrm-tests 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 libdrm-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-tests

How To Uninstall libdrm-tests on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdrm-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdrm-tests

Uninstall libdrm-tests And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-tests

Remove libdrm-tests Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-tests

Remove libdrm-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-tests

Dependencies

libdrm-tests have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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