How To Install libnx-x11-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnx-x11-dev on Kali Linux. libnx-x11-dev is nxagents libNX_X11 client-part library (development headers)

Introduction

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

What is libnx-x11-dev

libnx-x11-dev 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 development headers of the libNX_X11 library (a libX11 drop-in replacement used by nxagent).

There are three methods to install libnx-x11-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 libnx-x11-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 libnx-x11-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libnx-x11-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnx-x11-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libnx-x11-dev

How To Uninstall libnx-x11-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libnx-x11-dev

Uninstall libnx-x11-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libnx-x11-dev Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libnx-x11-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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