How To Install libwacom2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom2 on Kali Linux.

What is libwacom2

libwacom2 is:

libwacom is a library to identify wacom tablets and their model-specific features. It provides easy access to information such as “is this a built-in on-screen tablet”, “what is the size of this model”, etc.

There are three methods to install libwacom2 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 libwacom2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwacom2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwacom2

Install libwacom2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwacom2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwacom2

Install libwacom2 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 libwacom2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwacom2

How To Uninstall libwacom2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwacom2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwacom2

Uninstall libwacom2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwacom2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwacom2

Remove libwacom2 Configurations and Data

To remove libwacom2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwacom2

Remove libwacom2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwacom2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwacom2

Dependencies

libwacom2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgudev-1.0-0
• libwacom-common

References

• libwacom2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwacom2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.