How To Install libgail18 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgail18 on Kali Linux.

What is libgail18

libgail18 is:

Gail implements ATK interfaces for GTK widgets which are dynamically loadable at runtime by a GTK application. Once loaded, those parts of an application that use standard GTK widgets will have a basic level of accessibility, without the need to modify the application at all.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgail18 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 libgail18 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgail18 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgail18

Install libgail18 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgail18 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgail18

Install libgail18 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 libgail18 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgail18

How To Uninstall libgail18 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgail18 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgail18

Uninstall libgail18 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgail18 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgail18

Remove libgail18 Configurations and Data

To remove libgail18 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgail18

Remove libgail18 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgail18 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgail18

Dependencies

libgail18 have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0

References

• libgail18 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgail18 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.