How To Install lib++dfb-1.7-7 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib++dfb-1.7-7 on Kali Linux.

What is lib++dfb-1.7-7

lib++dfb-1.7-7 is:

DirectFB is a graphics library which was designed with embedded systems in mind. It offers maximum hardware accelerated performance at a minimum of resource usage and overhead.

This package contains the ++DFB shared librariy.

There are three methods to install lib++dfb-1.7-7 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 lib++dfb-1.7-7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lib++dfb-1.7-7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lib++dfb-1.7-7

Install lib++dfb-1.7-7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lib++dfb-1.7-7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lib++dfb-1.7-7

Install lib++dfb-1.7-7 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 lib++dfb-1.7-7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lib++dfb-1.7-7

How To Uninstall lib++dfb-1.7-7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lib++dfb-1.7-7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lib++dfb-1.7-7

Uninstall lib++dfb-1.7-7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lib++dfb-1.7-7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib++dfb-1.7-7

Remove lib++dfb-1.7-7 Configurations and Data

To remove lib++dfb-1.7-7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lib++dfb-1.7-7

Remove lib++dfb-1.7-7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lib++dfb-1.7-7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib++dfb-1.7-7

Dependencies

lib++dfb-1.7-7 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdirectfb-1.7-7
• libgcc1

References

• lib++dfb-1.7-7 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib++dfb-1.7-7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.