How To Install libnx-x11-6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnx-x11-6 on Kali Linux.

What is libnx-x11-6

libnx-x11-6 is:

NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one.

This package provides the libNX_X11 library (a libX11 drop-in replacement used by nxagent).

There are three methods to install libnx-x11-6 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 libnx-x11-6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnx-x11-6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnx-x11-6

Install libnx-x11-6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnx-x11-6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnx-x11-6

Install libnx-x11-6 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 libnx-x11-6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnx-x11-6

How To Uninstall libnx-x11-6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnx-x11-6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnx-x11-6

Uninstall libnx-x11-6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnx-x11-6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnx-x11-6

Remove libnx-x11-6 Configurations and Data

To remove libnx-x11-6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnx-x11-6

Remove libnx-x11-6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnx-x11-6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnx-x11-6

Dependencies

libnx-x11-6 have the following dependencies:

• libx11-data
• libxcomp3

References

• libnx-x11-6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnx-x11-6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.