How To Install libwpe-1.0-1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwpe-1.0-1 on Kali Linux.

What is libwpe-1.0-1

libwpe-1.0-1 is:

libwpe is a small C library designed for the WPE port of the WebKit browser engine. This library defines platform-agnostic interfaces that WPE WebKit uses to nest Web content presentation between the platform-provided graphics system and the application-specific use cases.

This package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libwpe-1.0-1 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 libwpe-1.0-1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwpe-1.0-1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwpe-1.0-1

Install libwpe-1.0-1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwpe-1.0-1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwpe-1.0-1

Install libwpe-1.0-1 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 libwpe-1.0-1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwpe-1.0-1

How To Uninstall libwpe-1.0-1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwpe-1.0-1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwpe-1.0-1

Uninstall libwpe-1.0-1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwpe-1.0-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwpe-1.0-1

Remove libwpe-1.0-1 Configurations and Data

To remove libwpe-1.0-1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwpe-1.0-1

Remove libwpe-1.0-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwpe-1.0-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwpe-1.0-1

Dependencies

libwpe-1.0-1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libstdc++6
• libxkbcommon0

References

• libwpe-1.0-1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwpe-1.0-1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.