How To Install libcogl-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcogl-common on Kali Linux.

What is libcogl-common

libcogl-common is:

Cogl is a small open source library for using 3D graphics hardware to draw pretty pictures. The API departs from the flat state machine style of OpenGL and is designed to make it easy to write orthogonal components that can render without stepping on each others toes.

This package contains the common files, such as translations.

There are three methods to install libcogl-common 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 libcogl-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcogl-common

Install libcogl-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcogl-common

Install libcogl-common 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 libcogl-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcogl-common

How To Uninstall libcogl-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcogl-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcogl-common

Uninstall libcogl-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcogl-common

Remove libcogl-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcogl-common

Remove libcogl-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcogl-common

Dependencies

libcogl-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libcogl-common website

Summary

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