How To Install libaosd2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaosd2 on Kali Linux.

What is libaosd2

libaosd2 is:

libaosd is an advanced on screen display library. It supports many modern features like anti-aliased text and composited rendering via XComposite, as well as support for rendering Cairo and Pango layouts.

This package contains the main library.

There are three methods to install libaosd2 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 libaosd2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaosd2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaosd2

Install libaosd2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaosd2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaosd2

Install libaosd2 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 libaosd2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaosd2

How To Uninstall libaosd2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libaosd2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaosd2

Uninstall libaosd2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaosd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaosd2

Remove libaosd2 Configurations and Data

To remove libaosd2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaosd2

Remove libaosd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaosd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaosd2

Dependencies

libaosd2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libx11-6
• libxcomposite1

References

• libaosd2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaosd2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.