How To Install libinput10 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput10 on Kali Linux. libinput10 is input device management and event handling library - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput10 on Kali Linux.

What is libinput10

libinput10 is:

libinput is a library that handles input devices for display servers and other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.

It provides device detection, device handling, input device event processing and abstraction to minimize the amount of custom input code the user of libinput needs to provide the common set of functionality that users expect.

This package includes the shared library.

There are three methods to install libinput10 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 libinput10 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libinput10 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libinput10

Install libinput10 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libinput10 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libinput10

Install libinput10 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 libinput10 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libinput10

How To Uninstall libinput10 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libinput10 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libinput10

Uninstall libinput10 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libinput10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinput10

Remove libinput10 Configurations and Data

To remove libinput10 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libinput10

Remove libinput10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libinput10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinput10

Dependencies

libinput10 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinput10 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.