How To Install libsm6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsm6 on Kali Linux.

What is libsm6

libsm6 is:

This package provides the main interface to the X11 Session Management library, which allows for applications to both manage sessions, and make use of session managers to save and restore their state for later use.

This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libSM

There are three methods to install libsm6 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 libsm6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsm6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsm6

Install libsm6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsm6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsm6

Install libsm6 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 libsm6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsm6

How To Uninstall libsm6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsm6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsm6

Uninstall libsm6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsm6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsm6

Remove libsm6 Configurations and Data

To remove libsm6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsm6

Remove libsm6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsm6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsm6

Dependencies

libsm6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libice6

References

• libsm6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsm6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.