How To Install libvirglrenderer1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer1 on Kali Linux. libvirglrenderer1 is virtual GPU for KVM virtualization

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer1 on Kali Linux.

What is libvirglrenderer1

libvirglrenderer1 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.

There are three methods to install libvirglrenderer1 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 libvirglrenderer1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvirglrenderer1

Install libvirglrenderer1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirglrenderer1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvirglrenderer1

Install libvirglrenderer1 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 libvirglrenderer1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvirglrenderer1

How To Uninstall libvirglrenderer1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvirglrenderer1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvirglrenderer1

Uninstall libvirglrenderer1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirglrenderer1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirglrenderer1

Remove libvirglrenderer1 Configurations and Data

To remove libvirglrenderer1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirglrenderer1

Remove libvirglrenderer1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvirglrenderer1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirglrenderer1

Dependencies

libvirglrenderer1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirglrenderer1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.