How To Install libkwaylandserver5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkwaylandserver5 on Kali Linux.

What is libkwaylandserver5

libkwaylandserver5 is:

KWaylandServier provides a Qt-style Server library wrapper for the Wayland libraries.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libkwaylandserver5 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 libkwaylandserver5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkwaylandserver5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkwaylandserver5

Install libkwaylandserver5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkwaylandserver5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkwaylandserver5

Install libkwaylandserver5 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 libkwaylandserver5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkwaylandserver5

How To Uninstall libkwaylandserver5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkwaylandserver5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkwaylandserver5

Uninstall libkwaylandserver5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkwaylandserver5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkwaylandserver5

Remove libkwaylandserver5 Configurations and Data

To remove libkwaylandserver5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkwaylandserver5

Remove libkwaylandserver5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkwaylandserver5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkwaylandserver5

Dependencies

libkwaylandserver5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libegl1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libstdc++6
• libwayland-server0

References

• libkwaylandserver5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkwaylandserver5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.