How To Install libosmesa6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmesa6 on Kali Linux.

What is libosmesa6

libosmesa6 is:

OSmesa is a Mesa extension that allows programs to render to an off-screen buffer using the OpenGL API without having to create a rendering context on an X Server. It uses a pure software renderer.

This package provides both 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the off-screen renderer which do not require external libraries to work.

There are three methods to install libosmesa6 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 libosmesa6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmesa6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmesa6

Install libosmesa6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmesa6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmesa6

Install libosmesa6 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 libosmesa6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmesa6

How To Uninstall libosmesa6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosmesa6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmesa6

Uninstall libosmesa6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmesa6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmesa6

Remove libosmesa6 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmesa6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmesa6

Remove libosmesa6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmesa6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmesa6

Dependencies

libosmesa6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglapi-mesa
• libllvm11

References

• libosmesa6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmesa6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.