How To Install cairo-perf-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo-perf-utils on Kali Linux.
What is cairo-perf-utils
cairo-perf-utils is:
Cairo is a multi-platform library providing anti-aliased vector-based rendering for multiple target backends.
This package contains a set of utilities for capturing and replaying cairo execution traces using various backends, in order to be able to measure the performance of cairo for real-world applications in a reproducible way.
There are three methods to install cairo-perf-utils 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 cairo-perf-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cairo-perf-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cairo-perf-utilsInstall cairo-perf-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cairo-perf-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cairo-perf-utilsInstall cairo-perf-utils 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 cairo-perf-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cairo-perf-utilsHow To Uninstall cairo-perf-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cairo-perf-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cairo-perf-utilsUninstall cairo-perf-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cairo-perf-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cairo-perf-utilsRemove cairo-perf-utils Configurations and Data
To remove cairo-perf-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cairo-perf-utilsRemove cairo-perf-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cairo-perf-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cairo-perf-utilsDependencies
cairo-perf-utils have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo-script-interpreter2
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libpixman-1-0
- libx11-6
- libxcb-render0
- libxcb1
- libxrender1
- zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairo-perf-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
