How To Install libfxt2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxt2 on Kali Linux.

What is libfxt2

libfxt2 is:

FxT is a library and associated tools that can be used to analyze the performance of multithreaded programs which can potentially use a hybrid thread scheduler (i.e. a user-level scheduler on top of a kernel-level one). The Marcel thread library can take full profit from this library.

FxT is based on the offline analysis of traces (sequence of events recorded at run time).

This package contains shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libfxt2 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 libfxt2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfxt2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfxt2

Install libfxt2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfxt2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfxt2

Install libfxt2 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 libfxt2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfxt2

How To Uninstall libfxt2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfxt2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfxt2

Uninstall libfxt2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfxt2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfxt2

Remove libfxt2 Configurations and Data

To remove libfxt2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfxt2

Remove libfxt2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfxt2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfxt2

Dependencies

libfxt2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libfxt2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfxt2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.