How To Install libopenvr-api1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvr-api1 on Kali Linux.
What is libopenvr-api1
libopenvr-api1 is:
OpenVR is an API and runtime that allows access to VR hardware from multiple vendors without requiring that applications have specific knowledge of the hardware they are targeting. This repository is an SDK that contains the API and samples. The runtime is under SteamVR in Tools on Steam.
There are three methods to install libopenvr-api1 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 libopenvr-api1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenvr-api1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenvr-api1Install libopenvr-api1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenvr-api1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenvr-api1Install libopenvr-api1 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenvr-api1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenvr-api1How To Uninstall libopenvr-api1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libopenvr-api1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenvr-api1Uninstall libopenvr-api1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenvr-api1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenvr-api1Remove libopenvr-api1 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenvr-api1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenvr-api1Remove libopenvr-api1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenvr-api1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenvr-api1Dependencies
libopenvr-api1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvr-api1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
