How To Install libwlroots-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlroots-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libwlroots-dev
libwlroots-dev is:
wlroots is a set of pluggable, composable modules to build a Wayland composior.
This package contains the development headers.
There are three methods to install libwlroots-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 libwlroots-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 libwlroots-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwlroots-dev
Install libwlroots-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwlroots-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwlroots-dev
Install libwlroots-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 libwlroots-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwlroots-dev
How To Uninstall libwlroots-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libwlroots-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwlroots-dev
Uninstall libwlroots-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwlroots-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwlroots-dev
Remove libwlroots-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwlroots-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwlroots-dev
Remove libwlroots-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwlroots-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwlroots-dev
Dependencies
libwlroots-dev have the following dependencies:
- libwlroots6
- libcap-dev
- libdrm-dev
- libegl1-mesa-dev
- libgbm-dev
- libgles2-mesa-dev
- libinput-dev
- libpixman-1-dev
- libsystemd-dev
- libwayland-dev
- libxcb1-dev
- libxcb-composite0-dev
- libxcb-icccm4-dev
- libxcb-image0-dev
- libxcb-render0-dev
- libxcb-xfixes0-dev
- libxcb-xinput-dev
- libxkbcommon-dev
- libx11-xcb-dev
- wayland-protocols
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwlroots-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.