How To Install libdmx1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdmx1 on Kali Linux.

What is libdmx1

libdmx1 is:

libdmx is an interface to the DMX extension for X, which allows a single server to be set up as a proxy spanning multiple servers – not unlike Xinerama across discrete physical machines. It can be reconfigured on the fly to change the layout, and it is presented as a single logical display to clients.

libdmx allows clients to configure the layout of DMX servers by adding and removing screens, input devices, et al.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org

This module can be found at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libdmx

There are three methods to install libdmx1 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 libdmx1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdmx1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdmx1

Install libdmx1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdmx1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdmx1

Install libdmx1 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 libdmx1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdmx1

How To Uninstall libdmx1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdmx1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdmx1

Uninstall libdmx1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdmx1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdmx1

Remove libdmx1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdmx1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdmx1

Remove libdmx1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdmx1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdmx1

Dependencies

libdmx1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• libdmx1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdmx1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.