How To Install libxkbfile-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libxkbfile-dev
libxkbfile-dev is:
libxkbfile provides an interface to read and manipulate description files for XKB, the X11 keyboard configuration extension.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxkbfile1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libxkbfile
There are three methods to install libxkbfile-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 libxkbfile-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxkbfile-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxkbfile-devInstall libxkbfile-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxkbfile-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxkbfile-devInstall libxkbfile-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 libxkbfile-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxkbfile-devHow To Uninstall libxkbfile-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libxkbfile-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxkbfile-devUninstall libxkbfile-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxkbfile-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbfile-devRemove libxkbfile-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxkbfile-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbfile-devRemove libxkbfile-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxkbfile-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbfile-devDependencies
libxkbfile-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
