How To Install libdrm-nouveau2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-nouveau2 on Kali Linux.

What is libdrm-nouveau2

libdrm-nouveau2 is:

This library implements the userspace interface to the kernel DRM services. DRM stands for “Direct Rendering Manager”, which is the kernelspace portion of the “Direct Rendering Infrastructure” (DRI). The DRI is currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated OpenGL drivers.

There are three methods to install libdrm-nouveau2 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 libdrm-nouveau2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-nouveau2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdrm-nouveau2

Install libdrm-nouveau2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrm-nouveau2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdrm-nouveau2

Install libdrm-nouveau2 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 libdrm-nouveau2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdrm-nouveau2

How To Uninstall libdrm-nouveau2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdrm-nouveau2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdrm-nouveau2

Uninstall libdrm-nouveau2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdrm-nouveau2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm-nouveau2

Remove libdrm-nouveau2 Configurations and Data

To remove libdrm-nouveau2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm-nouveau2

Remove libdrm-nouveau2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdrm-nouveau2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm-nouveau2

Dependencies

libdrm-nouveau2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdrm2

References

• libdrm-nouveau2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm-nouveau2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.