How To Install wx-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wx-common
on Kali Linux.
What is wx-common
wx-common is:
wxWidgets (formerly known as wxWindows) is a class library for C++ providing GUI components and other facilities on several popular platforms (and some unpopular ones as well).
This package provides common support files not bound to any particular wxWidgets release, such as font metrics required by some ports, and miscellaneous developer aids and binary utilities.
There are three methods to install wx-common
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 wx-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wx-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wx-common
Install wx-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wx-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wx-common
Install wx-common 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 wx-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wx-common
How To Uninstall wx-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the wx-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wx-common
Uninstall wx-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wx-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wx-common
Remove wx-common Configurations and Data
To remove wx-common
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wx-common
Remove wx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wx-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wx-common
Dependencies
wx-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wx-common
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.