How To Install libwayland-egl-backend-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwayland-egl-backend-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libwayland-egl-backend-dev

libwayland-egl-backend-dev is:

Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a C library implementation of that protocol. The compositor can be a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting and evdev input devices, an X application, or a wayland client itself. The clients can be traditional applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.

This package contains the development headers for the Wayland EGL backend.

There are three methods to install libwayland-egl-backend-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 libwayland-egl-backend-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwayland-egl-backend-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwayland-egl-backend-dev

Install libwayland-egl-backend-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwayland-egl-backend-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwayland-egl-backend-dev

Install libwayland-egl-backend-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libwayland-egl-backend-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwayland-egl-backend-dev

How To Uninstall libwayland-egl-backend-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwayland-egl-backend-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwayland-egl-backend-dev

Uninstall libwayland-egl-backend-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwayland-egl-backend-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwayland-egl-backend-dev

Remove libwayland-egl-backend-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwayland-egl-backend-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwayland-egl-backend-dev

Remove libwayland-egl-backend-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwayland-egl-backend-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwayland-egl-backend-dev

Dependencies

libwayland-egl-backend-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• libwayland-egl-backend-dev website

Summary

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