How To Install libgdl-3-5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdl-3-5 on Kali Linux.

What is libgdl-3-5

libgdl-3-5 is:

Provides a support library for development tools from the GNOME environment. Including symbol browser, dock and editor components.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libgdl-3-5 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 libgdl-3-5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdl-3-5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgdl-3-5

Install libgdl-3-5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdl-3-5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgdl-3-5

Install libgdl-3-5 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 libgdl-3-5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdl-3-5

How To Uninstall libgdl-3-5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgdl-3-5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdl-3-5

Uninstall libgdl-3-5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdl-3-5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdl-3-5

Remove libgdl-3-5 Configurations and Data

To remove libgdl-3-5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdl-3-5

Remove libgdl-3-5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgdl-3-5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdl-3-5

Dependencies

libgdl-3-5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libxml2
• libgdl-3-common

References

• libgdl-3-5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdl-3-5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.