How To Install libnx-x11-dev on Kali Linux
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
.