How To Install libfs6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6 on Kali Linux.

What is libfs6

libfs6 is:

libFS, the Font Services library, provides various functions useful to X11 font servers, and clients connecting to font servers. It is not used outside of these implementations.

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

This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libFS

There are three methods to install libfs6 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 libfs6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfs6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfs6

Install libfs6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfs6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfs6

Install libfs6 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 libfs6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfs6

How To Uninstall libfs6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfs6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfs6

Uninstall libfs6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfs6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfs6

Remove libfs6 Configurations and Data

To remove libfs6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfs6

Remove libfs6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfs6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfs6

Dependencies

libfs6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libfs6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.