How To Install libvirglrenderer-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libvirglrenderer-dev
libvirglrenderer-dev is:
Library used by qemu to implement 3D GPU support for the virtio GPU.
Virgil is a research project to investigate the possibility of creating a virtual 3D GPU for use inside qemu virtual machines, that allows the guest operating system to use the capabilities of the host GPU to accelerate 3D rendering. The plan is to have a guest GPU that is fully independent of the host GPU.
This package contains the development files and headers.
There are three methods to install libvirglrenderer-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 libvirglrenderer-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirglrenderer-devInstall libvirglrenderer-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirglrenderer-devInstall libvirglrenderer-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirglrenderer-devHow To Uninstall libvirglrenderer-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libvirglrenderer-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirglrenderer-devUninstall libvirglrenderer-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirglrenderer-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirglrenderer-devRemove libvirglrenderer-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvirglrenderer-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirglrenderer-devRemove libvirglrenderer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirglrenderer-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirglrenderer-devDependencies
libvirglrenderer-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.