How To Install libgpm2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpm2 on Kali Linux.

What is libgpm2

libgpm2 is:

This package provides a library that handles mouse requests and delivers them to applications. See the description for the ‘gpm’ package for more information.

There are three methods to install libgpm2 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 libgpm2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgpm2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgpm2

Install libgpm2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgpm2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgpm2

Install libgpm2 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 libgpm2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgpm2

How To Uninstall libgpm2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgpm2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgpm2

Uninstall libgpm2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgpm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpm2

Remove libgpm2 Configurations and Data

To remove libgpm2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgpm2

Remove libgpm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgpm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpm2

Dependencies

libgpm2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libgpm2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpm2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.