How To Install libxcursor-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libxcursor-dev
libxcursor-dev is:
Header files and a static version of the X cursor management library are provided by this package.
See the libxcursor1 package for further information.
There are three methods to install libxcursor-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 libxcursor-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxcursor-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcursor-devInstall libxcursor-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxcursor-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcursor-devInstall libxcursor-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxcursor-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcursor-devHow To Uninstall libxcursor-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libxcursor-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcursor-devUninstall libxcursor-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcursor-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcursor-devRemove libxcursor-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxcursor-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcursor-devRemove libxcursor-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcursor-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcursor-devDependencies
libxcursor-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcursor-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
