How To Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 on Kali Linux. libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 is Crazy Eddies GUI (libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 on Kali Linux.

What is libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 is:

CEGUI is a free library providing windowing and widgets for graphics APIs and engines where such functionality is not natively available or is severely lacking. The library is written in C++, is object oriented, and is primarily targeted at games developers who should be spending their time creating great games, not building GUI sub-systems

This version of CEGUI natively supports the OpenGL rendering target.

There are three methods to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 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 libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

Install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 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 libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

How To Uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

Uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

Remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 Configurations and Data

To remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

Remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcegui-mk2-0.8.7

Dependencies

libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcegui-mk2-0.8.7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.