How To Install libopenlayer-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenlayer-dev on Kali Linux. libopenlayer-dev is hardware accelerated 2D Graphics library

Introduction

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

What is libopenlayer-dev

libopenlayer-dev is:

OpenLayer is a hardware accelerated 2D Graphics library. It specifies a new api to be used alongside of Allegro and takes control of how the contents of the screen are rendered and uses OpenGL functions through AllegroGL to allow hardware acceleration.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopenlayer-dev

Install libopenlayer-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenlayer-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenlayer-dev

How To Uninstall libopenlayer-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenlayer-dev

Uninstall libopenlayer-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenlayer-dev

Remove libopenlayer-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenlayer-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenlayer-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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