How To Install libepoxy-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libepoxy-dev on Kali Linux. libepoxy-dev is OpenGL function pointer management library- development

Introduction

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

What is libepoxy-dev

libepoxy-dev is:

It hides the complexity of dlopen(), dlsym(), glXGetProcAddress(), eglGetProcAddress(), etc. from the app developer, with very little knowledge needed on their part. They get to read GL specs and write code using undecorated function names like glCompileShader().

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libepoxy0. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libepoxy-dev

Install libepoxy-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libepoxy-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libepoxy-dev

How To Uninstall libepoxy-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libepoxy-dev

Uninstall libepoxy-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libepoxy-dev

Remove libepoxy-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libepoxy-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libepoxy-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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