How To Install libxcomposite1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcomposite1 on Kali Linux.
What is libxcomposite1
libxcomposite1 is:
libXcomposite provides an X Window System client interface to the Composite extension to the X protocol.
The Composite extension allows clients called compositing managers to control the final drawing of the screen. Rendering is done into an off-screen buffer.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXcomposite
There are three methods to install libxcomposite1 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 libxcomposite1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxcomposite1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcomposite1Install libxcomposite1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libxcomposite1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcomposite1Install libxcomposite1 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 libxcomposite1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcomposite1How To Uninstall libxcomposite1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libxcomposite1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcomposite1Uninstall libxcomposite1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcomposite1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcomposite1Remove libxcomposite1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxcomposite1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcomposite1Remove libxcomposite1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcomposite1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcomposite1Dependencies
libxcomposite1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcomposite1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
