How To Install libmotif-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmotif-common on Kali Linux.

What is libmotif-common

libmotif-common is:

Motif is the industry standard GUI component toolkit for *NIX.

This package contains Motif common bindings and bitmaps.

There are three methods to install libmotif-common 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 libmotif-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmotif-common

Install libmotif-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmotif-common

Install libmotif-common 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 libmotif-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmotif-common

How To Uninstall libmotif-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmotif-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmotif-common

Uninstall libmotif-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmotif-common

Remove libmotif-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmotif-common

Remove libmotif-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmotif-common

Dependencies

libmotif-common have the following dependencies:

• x11-common

References

• libmotif-common website

Summary

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