How To Install digimend-dkms on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install digimend-dkms on Kali Linux.

What is digimend-dkms

digimend-dkms is:

This is a collection of graphics tablet drivers for the Linux kernel, produced and maintained by the DIGImend project.

See http://digimend.github.io/drivers/digimend/tablets/ for a list of supported tablet models.

There are three methods to install digimend-dkms 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 digimend-dkms Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install digimend-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install digimend-dkms

Install digimend-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install digimend-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install digimend-dkms

Install digimend-dkms 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 digimend-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install digimend-dkms

How To Uninstall digimend-dkms on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the digimend-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove digimend-dkms

Uninstall digimend-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall digimend-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove digimend-dkms

Remove digimend-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove digimend-dkms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge digimend-dkms

Remove digimend-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove digimend-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge digimend-dkms

Dependencies

digimend-dkms have the following dependencies:

• dkms
• xserver-xorg-input-wacom

References

• digimend-dkms website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install digimend-dkms package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.