How To Install libfxscintilla-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxscintilla-dev on Kali Linux. libfxscintilla-dev is Implementation of Scintilla for the FOX GUI Library

Introduction

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

What is libfxscintilla-dev

libfxscintilla-dev is:

This package contains the development files of fxscintilla, an implementation of Scintilla for the FOX GUI Library. The FOX GUI toolkit is a platform independent GUI library developed by Jeroen van der Zijp. For more information about FOX, see http://fox-toolkit.org.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfxscintilla-dev

Install libfxscintilla-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfxscintilla-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfxscintilla-dev

How To Uninstall libfxscintilla-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfxscintilla-dev

Uninstall libfxscintilla-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfxscintilla-dev

Remove libfxscintilla-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfxscintilla-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfxscintilla-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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