How To Install libhd21 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhd21 on Kali Linux.
What is libhd21
libhd21 is:
hwinfo is the hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux.
In Debian Edu (Skolelinux) hwinfo has shown better results than discover when detecting mouse, keyboard and monitor.
hwinfo collects information about the hardware installed on a system. Among others, libhd contains information about cdrom, zip, floppy, disks and partitions, network card, graphics card, monitor, camera, mouse, sound, pppoe, isdn, modem, printer, scanner, bios, cpu, usb, memory and smp.
This package contains the shared library from the hwinfo package.
There are three methods to install libhd21 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 libhd21 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhd21 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhd21Install libhd21 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhd21 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhd21Install libhd21 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 libhd21 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhd21How To Uninstall libhd21 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libhd21 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhd21Uninstall libhd21 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhd21 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhd21Remove libhd21 Configurations and Data
To remove libhd21 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhd21Remove libhd21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhd21 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhd21Dependencies
libhd21 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhd21 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
