How To Install libgbm-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgbm-dev
libgbm-dev is:
This package contains the GBM buffer management library. It provides a mechanism for allocating buffers for graphics rendering tied to Mesa.
GBM is intended to be used as a native platform for EGL on drm or openwfd.
This package provides the development environment for compiling programs against the GBM library.
There are three methods to install libgbm-dev 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 libgbm-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgbm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgbm-devInstall libgbm-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgbm-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgbm-devInstall libgbm-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgbm-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgbm-devHow To Uninstall libgbm-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgbm-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgbm-devUninstall libgbm-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgbm-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgbm-devRemove libgbm-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgbm-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgbm-devRemove libgbm-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgbm-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgbm-devDependencies
libgbm-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgbm-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.