How To Install libdrm2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm2 on Kali Linux.

What is libdrm2

libdrm2 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.

This package provides the runtime environment for libdrm.

There are three methods to install libdrm2 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 libdrm2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrm2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdrm2

Install libdrm2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdrm2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdrm2

Install libdrm2 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 libdrm2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdrm2

How To Uninstall libdrm2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdrm2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdrm2

Uninstall libdrm2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdrm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdrm2

Remove libdrm2 Configurations and Data

To remove libdrm2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdrm2

Remove libdrm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdrm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdrm2

Dependencies

libdrm2 have the following dependencies:

• libdrm-common
• libc6

References

• libdrm2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdrm2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.