How To Install libglw1-mesa on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglw1-mesa on Kali Linux.

What is libglw1-mesa

libglw1-mesa is:

This package provides a simple widgets library, libGLw, which allows Motif-based applications to embed an OpenGL drawing context.

There are three methods to install libglw1-mesa 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 libglw1-mesa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libglw1-mesa using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libglw1-mesa

Install libglw1-mesa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libglw1-mesa using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libglw1-mesa

Install libglw1-mesa 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 libglw1-mesa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libglw1-mesa

How To Uninstall libglw1-mesa on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libglw1-mesa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libglw1-mesa

Uninstall libglw1-mesa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libglw1-mesa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libglw1-mesa

Remove libglw1-mesa Configurations and Data

To remove libglw1-mesa configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libglw1-mesa

Remove libglw1-mesa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libglw1-mesa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libglw1-mesa

Dependencies

libglw1-mesa have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgl1-mesa-glx
• libx11-6
• libxm4
• libxt6

References

• libglw1-mesa website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libglw1-mesa package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.