How To Install libmojoshader-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmojoshader-dev on Kali Linux. libmojoshader-dev is library to move calls to Direct3D shaders to OpenGL (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmojoshader-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libmojoshader-dev

libmojoshader-dev is:

MojoShader is a library to work with Direct3D shaders on alternate 3D APIs and non-Windows platforms. The primary motivation is moving shaders to OpenGL languages on the fly. The developer deals with “profiles” that represent various target languages, such as GLSL or ARB_*_program.

This allows a developer to manage one set of shaders, presumably written in Direct3D HLSL, and use them across multiple rendering backends. This also means that the developer only has to worry about one (offline) compiler to manage program complexity, while MojoShader itself deals with the reduced complexity of the bytecode at runtime.

MojoShader provides both a simple API to convert bytecode to various profiles, and (optionally) basic glue to rendering APIs to abstract the management of the shaders at runtime.

This package contains the header files and static library for libmojoshader0.

There are three methods to install libmojoshader-dev 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 libmojoshader-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmojoshader-dev

Install libmojoshader-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmojoshader-dev

Install libmojoshader-dev 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 libmojoshader-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmojoshader-dev

How To Uninstall libmojoshader-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmojoshader-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmojoshader-dev

Uninstall libmojoshader-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmojoshader-dev

Remove libmojoshader-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmojoshader-dev

Remove libmojoshader-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmojoshader-dev

Dependencies

libmojoshader-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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