How To Install libxcb1-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb1-dev on Kali Linux. libxcb1-dev is X C Binding, development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb1-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libxcb1-dev

libxcb1-dev is:

This package contains the header and library files needed to build software using libxcb, the X C Binding.

The XCB library provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, designed to replace the Xlib interface. XCB provides several advantages over Xlib:

  • Size: small library and lower memory footprint
  • Latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
  • Direct protocol access: one-to-one mapping between interface and protocol
  • Thread support: access XCB from multiple threads, with no explicit locking
  • Easy creation of new extensions: automatically generates interface from machine-parsable protocol descriptions

There are three methods to install libxcb1-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 libxcb1-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 libxcb1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxcb1-dev

Install libxcb1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxcb1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxcb1-dev

Install libxcb1-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 libxcb1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxcb1-dev

How To Uninstall libxcb1-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxcb1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxcb1-dev

Uninstall libxcb1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxcb1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb1-dev

Remove libxcb1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxcb1-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb1-dev

Remove libxcb1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxcb1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb1-dev

Dependencies

libxcb1-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb1-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.